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Waiter/Waitress

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Job Introduction

We currently have an opportunity for a Casual Waiter/Waitress to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

Role Responsibility

  • Serving food and beverages in a professional manner with high levels of customer service
  • Setting and cleaning tables and service areas
  • Dealing with customer complaints
  • Checking with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems
  • Escorting customers to their tables
  • Explain how various menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking methods
  • Informing customers of daily specials.
  • Up-sell additional products when appropriate
  • Check customer ID to ensure they meet age requirement for alcohol consumption
  • Presenting menus to customers and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request
  • Removing dishes and glasses from tables or counters, and take them to kitchen for cleaning
  • Serving food and/or beverages to patrons; prepare and serve specialty dishes at tables as required
  • Stocking service areas with supplies such as coffee, food, tableware, and linens

The Ideal Candidate

  • Previous experience in catering hospitality, fine dining or banqueting environment
  • Understanding of food hygiene and customer service
  • Must be of legal age to serve alcoholic beverages
  • The ability to accurately process information/merchandise through the Till system with a good standard of numeracy
  • Excellent customer service skills
  • First class communication skills and demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail
  • The ability to demonstrate great team work

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.

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