Banquet Server

posted September 25, 2024

Compensation: $16.80

The Banquet Server represent the highest revenue generating department in the resort, and by this; the banquet server will have a charismatic personality and banqueting experience that encases the best banquet events in Orange County by applying impeccable serving abilities for all our guests. The Banquet Server maintains a clean and organized work environment.

Work Requirements

  • Run food from the kitchen to the banquet event floor on demand
  • Set Up tables as directed
  • Assist with food and table prep before the event begins
  • Set up buffets with food presentation standards and practices in mind, ensuring safe food handling performance
  • Serve all plated events to guests and respond to requests for beverages, appetizers and other needs
  • Clear used dishes and glasses between courses
  • Communicate with banquet supervisor/captain as well as other servers and event organizers
  • Serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
  • Open wine and take drink orders
  • Maintains table setting by removing courses as completed, replenishing utensils, refilling water glasses, and being alert to patron spills or other special needs.
  • Able to anticipate needs while serving the event floor
  • Wiping down and sanitizing surfaces such as tables, chairs, food counters, cappuccino and coffee machines, ice dispenser, beverage and salad station, etc.
  • Ensure all Covid 19, Eco Sure, HD and HACCP standards are being strictly adhered to.

Position Requirements

  • High School Diploma required or equivalent high-level education.
  • Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times
  • Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and written, with all level of employees and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service oriented manner.
  • Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by guests.
  • Must be able to multitask.
  • Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information.
  • Proven restaurant/banquets serving or waitering experience
  • Attention to cleanliness and safety
  • Patience and customer-oriented approach.
  • Excellent people skills with a friendly attitude.
  • Responsible and trustworthy.
  • Should have prior experience with 4 Diamond rated hotel.

Physical Requirements

  • Must be able to tolerate temperature changes from hot to cold and cold to hot.
  • Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl occasionally.
  • Must be able to move tables and chairs throughout the shift.
  • Must be able to exert physical effort in transporting 40 pounds, endure various physical movements throughout the work areas, reach up and down, remain stationary at times throughout work periods
  • Heavy work – Occasionally lift and/ or move up to 50lbs of force.
  • Light work - Frequently lift and move up to 10lbs.
  • Required to lift trays of food or food items weighing up to 30 lbs. occasionally.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Ability to apply creative solutions to practical problems and situations where limited standardization exists. Ability to remain flexible in determining a variety of problem-solving approaches. The employee must have the ability to maintain emotionally healthy composure and professionalism in stressful situations
  • Language: Required to speak, read and write English, with fluency in other languages preferred.
  • Availability; Must be able and flexible to work as required by business demands most specifically days, nights, weekends & holidays.
  • Must be 21 years of age and over
  • Must have a valid driver’s license.
  • Must possess a valid Food Handler’s Card as required by the County

Avenue of the Arts Costa Mesa, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel

238 Room Hotel

AVENUE OF THE ARTS COSTA MESA, A TRIBUTE PORTFOLIO HOTEL

Avenue of the Arts Costa Mesa, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel offers a boutique hotel experience in the heart of Southern California. As Costa Mesa's only AAA Four Diamond hotel, this 238-room luxury hotel provides music-inspired suites and guestrooms, a cozy lakeside location, and eclectic dining at Silver Trumpet Restaurant and Bar. Less than 3 miles from John Wayne Airport, the hotel is just steps from Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Orange County Museum of Art, and South Coast Plaza, an international shopping destination.

Avenue of the Arts Costa Mesa Hotel is not your average, cookie-cutter hotel in Southern California. From the moment you arrive with a grandiose double-door entrance, you step into another world – an eclectic, creative world inspired by the luxe, glamour, and style of Orange County. Beyond captivating design, enjoy social scenes and first-class hospitality dedicated to helping you make the most of every moment.

Awards

Ranked #1 Hotel in Costa Mesa by Tripadvisor, 2024

Awarded Four-Star Hotel by U.S. News & World Report, 2024

Awarded AAA Four-Diamond Hotel & AAA Three-Diamond Restaurant, 2024

Awarded Philanthropic Business Leader by The Guilds of Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 2024