We are looking for a customer-focused Host to join our team! You will be welcoming guests, seating them in the restaurant, and helping ensure they enjoy an exceptional dining experience.
You are a natural people person who can quickly build rapport with guests and create a welcoming atmosphere. Detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities, you rely on your excellent organization and communication skills to bring your best each day for yourself, restaurant staff, and guests.
Responsibilities:
- Greet guests and seat them at tables or in waiting areas
- Provide guests with menus
- Assign patrons to tables suitable for their needs and according to rotation so that servers receive an appropriate number of seatings
- Inform guests of current promotions and who will be serving them to ensure a smooth handoff to the service staff
- Manage the flow of guests into the dining and bar areas, provide accurate wait times to incoming guests if appropriate
- Operate cash registers to accept payments for food and beverages
- Answer the phone.
- Take to-go orders when necessary.
- Keep the host stand neat, tidy, and presentable for guests.
Qualifications:
- Previous restaurant hosting or serving experience preferred
- Friendly and customer-focused personality
- Ability to articulate clear greetings and farewells to guests, as well as being able to understand requests for assistance
- Ability to clearly communicate guests’ needs to Servers, Bussers, Managers, etc.
- Ability to effectively communicate on the telephone
- Must be able to carry trays or supplies (10-30 lbs.)
- Must have a food handlers card. Must have OLCC or able to in first 30 days.
Complete our short application today!
Are you looking to learn new skills while enhancing your current knowledge and experience in the culinary and/or hospitality field? Join the Cornucopia Team! We have been in business for 30 years. The winner of multiple awards, including Best Burger for 14 years in a row! Cornucopia restaurants employ a team of dedicated managers who will train and mentor you.
We have three locations Cornucopia Restaurant at 295 W. 17th Ave. in Eugene. Cornucopia Bar & Burgers at 207 E. 5th Ave. in Eugene. & Cornucopia Main Street at 521 Main St. in Springfield. All three locations offer the same food and drink menus. While each restaurant has their own unique atmosphere, beer selection, and varied customer base. Please visit our locations to learn more about us and our food to choose the one that best fits you. Experience is preferred, but not necessary, depending on the position you are applying for.
Join us to be part of a team that strives for the highest standards and professionalism in all that we do.