Host

Gene & Georgetti; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Gene & Georgetti is seeking a Host to provide a friendly and welcoming experience for guests in Chicago. This part-time role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to multitask effectively in a lively restaurant environment. Responsibilities include greeting guests, managing reservations, and ensuring a pleasant atmosphere.

Benefits

Health Insurance

401K

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Organized communication skills and enthusiasm.
• Experience in fine dining (at least one year).

Responsibilities

• Greet and seat guests, ensuring a welcoming environment.
• Manage reservations and maintain flow of dining room.
• Interact courteously with guests and assist with inquiries.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Customer Service

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

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Base pay range

$18.00/hr - $18.00/hr

Host/Hostess

To provide a friendly and welcoming impression to all guests. To be professional, courteous and teamwork oriented. The Host(ess) will be performing the following duties, other duties may be assigned:

• Interact with guests in a friendly courteous manner, assists managers in dealing with customer complaints
• Ensures guests experience is favorable by displaying an attentive and positive attitude
• Ensures a warm and inviting environment including lighting, music and temperature of the dining room
• Greets and seats all new guests, be professional and courteous at all times
• may require outdoor shifts during spring and summer
• Accommodate all guests equally, ensuring as much as possible full seating capacity
• Ensure outstanding communication with front of house and back of house staff (i.e. large parties, wait time, special requests)
• Maintains a list of parties waiting to be seated, when necessary, with brief descriptions
• Ensures proper seating and rotation among servers, answers the phone, input all reservations in a timely manner
• Controls the flow of the dining room
• Checks and responds to all voicemails or informs proper manager of message
• Answers the phone and takes care of all reservations by using our reservation system (OpenTable)
• Provides information to the guests both on the phone and face to face
• Maintains cleanliness of entryway
• Maintains menus maintenance (cleanliness and quantity)
  
  

Host/Hostess

To provide a friendly and welcoming impression to all guests. To be professional, courteous and teamwork oriented. The Host(ess) will be performing the following duties, other duties may be assigned:

• Interact with guests in a friendly courteous manner, assists managers in dealing with customer complaints
• Ensures guests experience is favorable by displaying an attentive and positive attitude
• Ensures a warm and inviting environment including lighting, music and temperature of the dining room
• Greets and seats all new guests, be professional and courteous at all times
• may require outdoor shifts during spring and summer
• Accommodate all guests equally, ensuring as much as possible full seating capacity
• Ensure outstanding communication with front of house and back of house staff (i.e. large parties, wait time, special requests)
• Maintains a list of parties waiting to be seated, when necessary, with brief descriptions
• Ensures proper seating and rotation among servers, answers the phone, input all reservations in a timely manner
• Controls the flow of the dining room
• Checks and responds to all voicemails or informs proper manager of message
• Answers the phone and takes care of all reservations by using our reservation system (OpenTable)
• Provides information to the guests both on the phone and face to face
• Maintains cleanliness of entryway
• Maintains menus maintenance (cleanliness and quantity)
  
  

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree
• Organized communication skills and enthusiasm.
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
• At least one year of experience in fine dining
• Must be able to work weekends, evenings and special events as needed.
• Well-organized, detail-oriented and able to multitask.
• Must be able to lift to 25lbs and frequently bend and twist from the waist.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee frequently is required to stand and walk for long periods of time
• Allergens & Food Handler Certificates
  
  

Starting Pay: $18.50 per hour

Expected hours: 20 +/- hours per week

Benefits Include: Health Insurance, 401K

More detail about Gene and Georgetti, please visit https://culinaryagents.com/entities/329753-Gene-and-Georgetti

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Customer Service

• Industries

  Restaurants

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