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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Food Service |
Do you need prior experience to be a waitress at a high end restaurant? |
I've heard the jobs are difficult to come by, and I do not want to make a fool of myself. Start at a small family style restaurant. The work is much harder than it looks. You need to learn things like how to deal with difficult customers, drunks, unruly children in a way that controls the damage and makes the customer not angry. Remembering what each customer wants and how they want it is hard. At a casual restuarant like Denny's if you forget who ordered which dish you can just ask the customers at the table but in a upscale place where dinners are on business or celebrating special occasions everything must be perfect. Also you must know what is in each dish and how it is prepared to you can advise if asked. Just learning the wine list and deserts would be a major project. I waited tables a while and it takes some time to learn to carry the huge trays and how to serve. After you have a few months in a smaller restaurant try a larger one like Red Lobster that isn't upscale but a little busier. Then after a year or so try the upscale restuarants. My guess would be yes. My recommendation would be to go to the restaurant you're thinking about applying for and ask. YES Yes you do..best to start off as a hostess yes you do. Most restaurants want you to have experience in the food industry. Even if you can do everything they want you to do they still want experience. It's not an easy job and they want to know that you have been able to handle it somewhere else. yeah, if its high end you should have experience. high end isnt that fun anyway. waitress of 5 years |
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