Host (7777)

Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano; Barrington (IL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Scheduling

Career Advancement Opportunities

Meal Discounts

Eligibility for Paid Vacation

Eligibility for Health Insurance

Eligibility for 401K

Job summary

Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano is hiring Hosts to create an exceptional dining experience. You will greet guests, assist with reservations, and guide seating to balance workload among the team.

Ideal candidates communicate clearly in English, stay calm in a fast-paced setting, and are available on weekends, evenings, and holidays. Benefits include meal discounts, health insurance eligibility, and 401K opportunities.

Qualifications

• Clear verbal and written English required.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and stay calm in a fast-paced setting.
• Willingness to work weekends, evenings, and holidays.
• Must be able to stand for extended periods and lift up to 15 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers and assist with reservations.
• Guide guests to tables and provide accurate wait times.
• Answer phones and manage reservations.
• Assist with seating optimization to balance workload.
• Support waitstaff and maintain dining area cleanliness.

Skills

English communication

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Flexible schedule

Stamina to stand

Job description

Biaggi's is hiring Hosts to help us create the ultimate dining experience for our guests. If you love serving people and know how to \"wow\" with your customer service...we want you to be on our team!

Applicants must be friendly, hardworking, team-oriented, punctual, honest, and comfortable with customer service. Must be available to work consistently, always have a positive attitude and be an excellent communicator.

Host responsibilities include but are not limited to

greeting customers, helping guests with reservations and guiding them to their tables, giving guests accurate wait time estimates, providing customers with menus and answering any initial questions they may have, optimizing seating at different tables to ensure even workload for wait staff, answering phones, scheduling reservations, side work, station set up, and light restaurant maintenance.

Host Skills & Qualifications

• Ability to effectively communicate in English (verbal and written).
• Highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multitask and remain calm and professional in a fast-paced environment. -Flexibility to work weekends, evenings and holidays.
• High level of stamina to work on feet for extended periods.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 lbs.

Host Employment Benefits

• Flexible Scheduling
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Meal Discounts
• Eligibility for Paid Vacation
• Eligibility for Health Insurance
• Eligibility for 401K

Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano is a casual Italian restaurant offering an extensive selection of house-made and imported pastas, soups, salads, pizza, seafood, steaks and desserts prepared with the freshest ingredients available and served in a comfortable, relaxing atmosphere.

Biaggi’s Ristorante Italiano is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, military or veteran's status, or any other characteristic protected by Federal, State, or local law.