BARTENDER *WINELANDS

PTY; Stellenbosch; On-site; ZAR 50 000 - 200 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality recruitment firm in Stellenbosch is seeking a professional bartender with excellent communication skills. The role involves serving classic and new cocktails, ensuring customer satisfaction by making recommendations, and adhering to food safety regulations. Candidates should possess a high school diploma and have a friendly personality. This position may require working evenings, weekends, and holidays. Interested individuals living close to Stellenbosch are preferred.

Qualifications

• Neat appearance and engaging personality.
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Knowledgeable about drink mixing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers and take drink orders.
• Ensure bar is well-stocked and clean.
• Check IDs to verify legal drinking age.
• Mix ingredients and create new drink recipes.
• Balance cash register and handle transactions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Attention to detail

Basic math skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Stellenbosch, WC, South Africa Career Growth, Hospitality Recruitment

Career Growth, Hospitality Recruitment are looking for a professional, high-energy bartender with excellent communication skills to serve classical cocktails and exciting new beverages to our customers. The bartender will greet customers, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and food. You will also upsell items, create recipes, utilize proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties.

To succeed as a bartender, you should have a neat appearance and an engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.

• Welcoming customers, reading and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking drink orders.
• Planning drink menus and informing customers about new beverages and specials.
• Selecting and mixing ingredients, garnishing glasses, and serving beverages to customers.
• Checking identification to ensure customers are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
• Taking inventory and ordering supplies to ensure bar and tables are well-stocked.
• Adhering to all food safety and quality regulations.
• Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
• Maintaining a clean work and dining area by removing trash, cleaning tables, and washing glasses, utensils, and equipment.
• Developing new cocktail recipes.
• Live in close proximity to Stellenbosch /own transport an advantage.
• High school diploma.
• Additional education, training, certificates, or experience may be required.
• Meets state minimum age to serve alcohol.
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Positive, engaging personality, and professional appearance.
• Basic math and computer skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong task and time management abilities.
• Eye for detail and understanding of drink mixing tools and techniques.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, etc for extended periods, and lift up to 25 lbs.