What are the responsibilities and job description for the Host Part-Time Oak Park position at Egg Harbor Cafe?
"LOOKING FOR GOOD EGGS IN OUR NEWEST EGG HARBOR CAFE OAK PARK, ILLINOIS"
We are not hiring just yet, but if you are interested in working for us please apply now. Opening tentatively early July. We are accepting applications and beginning interviews soon.
The “Hospitality Support Team” includes the host, food runner/drink runner, barista, and busser roles. Hospitality Support Team members will enhance the guest experience by supporting the front of house servers to make and deliver drinks, deliver food, accommodate guests coming in, clear tables, keep the dining area clean and organized, etc.
Our proven team-based management, service and culinary systems will support your success in a culture where people care about fellow team members, our customers, and our communities.
Creating a great culture is important throughout Egg Harbor Café and this is done by ensuring our company values are communicated and lived by all. This helps to serve Egg Harbor Café’s purpose of improving lives one encounter at a time. Culture at Egg Harbor Café means that every employee wakes up excited to be at work every day and sees it as an opportunity to serve and make a positive impact on team members, customers, and community members.
Shifts start and end early so you’ll never work at night. Scheduling is generally flexible if you understand that our busiest days are on the weekends and holidays. We are closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day, and we open later New Year’s Day.
If you are someone who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment, is responsible, trustworthy, prompt, reliable, and self-motivated, then you would be a great fit for the Egg Harbor Café Team. To do well at Egg Harbor Café, you would be someone who has a positive attitude, is flexible, energetic, dedicated to achieving goals, energized in the morning, genuinely enjoys being around people, motivated to learn and grow, honest, and has great work ethic.
Our hosts are the first and last person that a customer sees when entering and departing the restaurant, and the interaction should be positive and enthusiastic. Hosts take care of a variety of tasks but are primarily responsible for welcoming customers with a polite and friendly approach, seating them in their desired place and in a coordinated manner.
In addition, the hosts may also be responsible for (but not limited to):
- Handing to-go orders to guests.
- Taking guest information and quoting wait times accurately when tables are not readily available.
- Managing table setups and arrangements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interactions with other departments
- Helping assist other departments when assigned by management (i.e., making beverages, running beverages or food, clearing plates, etc.)
- Keeping the restaurant common areas clean and tidy
- Support other tasks as needed.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Perform opening/closing and on shift side work and maintenance properly.
- Most of all, wearing a friendly smile throughout the shift
Perks of the Job:
Flexible schedule, holiday bonus, PTO, employee scholarship program, meal discounts, shifts end early (restaurant closes at 2pm), family owned (never franchised), employee assistance program, etc
Salary : $15 - $21
