Bartender

Position Summary:

The Bartender provides food and beverage services to customers in a friendly, efficient, and professional manner and ensures a positive experience for all customers. Responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of the Gibsons Restaurant Group’s philosophy, which is based upon four distinct core beliefs: Hospitality, Quality, Value and Family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve customers as part of a team by anticipating their needs, initiating conversation, offering assistance and advice and remembering that “the customer is always right”!
• Check identification to ensure customers meet minimum age requirements for consuming alcoholic beverages.
• Must responsibly serve customers alcohol according to the guidelines of safe serving.
• Mix and serve alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks to patrons of bar, following standard recipes.
• Mix ingredients, such as liquor, soda, water, sugar and bitters to prepare cocktails and other drinks.
• Serve wine and draught or bottled beer.
• Accurately enters orders into POS, collects money and returns change for drinks/food served.
• Accurately reports tips for each shift.
• Arrange bottles and glasses to make attractive display.
• Slice and pits fruit for garnishing drinks.
• Maintain a neat and clean bar area on a continual basis.
• Be aware of potential hazards, which could cause, but are not limited to, slipping, tripping, falling or burns.
• Arrive for each shift on time and in full uniform.
• Attend all pre-shift meetings ready to “listen and learn” and share ideas.
• Avoid leaving work area during peak periods.
• Take breaks only when approved by the General Manager or Manager.
• Keep a clean and professional appearance at all times.
• Take and delivers food orders for customers dining in bar area.
• Have extensive knowledge of the restaurant’s menu and wine list, including daily specials.
• May tend service bar and be designated Service Bartender.
• Make change for servers.
• May perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or GED preferred and six months to one year related experience; or a combination of education and experience.

Skills:

Ability to read and write English. Ability to effectively communicate verbally with customers and other staff in fast-paced environment. Ability to do basic math. Ability to follow instructions and procedures. Must be of legal age to serve alcohol, have strong customer service skills and be able to maintain poise and positive personality when under pressure.