Host

Required Years of Experience

1 year

Job Details

Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, a part of Hogsalt, is looking for a dedicated and experienced Host to join our team!

Our ideal candidate is passionate about upholding Hogsalt’s values of harmony, accountability, and resilience.  Successful Hogsalt team members are enthusiastic about providing genuine hospitality to guests and actively contribute to an organized, inclusive, and collaborative workplace culture.  

We offer a full suite of benefits, including partially subsidized medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401(k) program, commuter benefits, dining discounts and rewards, and vested paid time off!

Experience & Qualifications: 

• 1 year of hosting experience in a fast-paced, full-service restaurant. 
• Passion for excellence, superior service standards, and a positive attitude.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout the shift, including frequent bending, lifting items weighing up to 50 lbs, and stooping
• Holiday Availability: Our business is open on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Availability to work on these holidays is required.
• Ongoing open availability, including Sundays.
• Ability to attend pre-opening all staff training.
• Ability to attend continuing education. 

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Manage the guest reservation system.
• Anticipate guests’ needs and ensure that service meets/exceeds expectations to ensure a memorable and pleasant dining experience.
• Accommodate special requests whenever possible, as long as doing so would not hinder the experience of other guests.
• Use and ensure other employees use guest’s names whenever possible.
• Record in the Resy database any information provided by guests to ensure a positive return visit.
• Receive and welcome guests in a respectful manner; assist with seating.
• Review all reservation notes & special occasions daily.
• Create server floorplans before service.
• Review all reservation notes & special occasions daily.
• Train new hosts via Hogsalt Training App, audit training materials as needed.
• Ensure menus and supplies are stocked.
• Inspect dining room table settings, chairs, floors, etc. to ensure proper maintenance, as well as cleanliness and safety.
• Check tables throughout service times for guest satisfaction, take immediate action to correct any guest issues.
• Maintain dress code and hygiene standards.

Hogsalt is not your typical restaurant group.  Guests know us for transportive spaces and sumptuous fare, but what we are most proud of is the generosity we extend to our teams.  Our service team reimagines hospitality with energy and a sense of fun.  Our culinary team makes classic dishes so expertly that you'll remember why they became classics.  No matter which of our 20+ restaurants you visit, you'll see we're an organization that makes people — our guests and ourselves — happy.

Required Skills

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