Cashier and Guest Service Associate, Underground Gourmet

  • Full-time

Company Description

Underground Gourmet is the new dine-in destination and take-away for locals of Front Street West.  Created by Gourmet Cuisine, we provide innovative culinary experiences using fresh ingredients.

Gourmet Cuisine is a division of Compass Group Canada Ltd.

 

Job Description

Duties Include:

  • Ensure each guest feels valued by offering excellent customer service

  • Accurately process payments made with cash, credit card, and debit via a Point of Sale terminal

  • Assist with all service and cleaning related activities within the food service, retail, meeting and dining room areas; including quality improvement, sanitation, and all facility-related activities.
  • Reaching for new challenges and asking for additional responsibility
  • Balancing high volume with high quality
  • Participating in ongoing training and development
  • Must have an eagerness to receive, understand, and communicate guest feedback.
  • Contribute to future menu offerings based on first-hand knowledge of guest preferences and feedback
  • Learn and understand all menu items to better assist guests and contribute to future menus using the valuable feedback received by our guests
  • Set-up, service, cleaning and tear down of meeting/tasting room
  • Gathering and assembling pre-ordered meals and assisting guests with purchasing process
  • Follow Quality Assurance Standards when handling food, cleaning work stations and guest areas
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Must have genuine interest in current food trends and interacting with guests
  • Previous hospitality and/or food service experience
  • A sense of urgency and strong work ethic to coordinate the cycles of service and stocking needs
  • The ability to stay positive and calm under pressure
  • A warm, compassionate, and team-focused approach
  • Ability to learn quickly in fast-paced, high volume environment and work independently
  • Must be dedicated to excellence and hospitality
  • Must be comfortable handling cash and credit cards and a Point of Sale system
  • Personable & professional presence
  • Valid Food Handlers Certification
  • Ability to stand, reach with arms and hands, bend, stoop, kneel, and crouch
  • Ability to lift objects up to 40lbs when required

Additional Information

  • Full-time, hourly position
  • Typical schedule is morning and afternoons between Monday to Friday
  • Based on business demands, occasional shifts during the early morning, evenings, and weekends may be required