Bartender at Fine Dining Restaurant - Edmonton, Canada - The Butternut Tree

The Butternut Tree

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

We are looking for a bartender to join our team who has a genuine interest to grow with the restaurant and help us start the conversation around Canadian Cuisine.

Qualifications:

Willingness to continue to learn about the unique plants and products Canada has to offer
Genuinely interested in exploring the cuisine of Canada and offering our patrons a world class experience
Exceptional time management skills
Personable and comfortable with staff and customer relations
Highly organized and detail focused
Articulate and invested in the customer experience
Knowledge around wine, beer and spirits (Canadian specific is an asset)
Good wholehearted individual who truly cares about the customer and staff experience

Bartender Responsibilities:

Maintain pars of all necessary ingredients, syrups, garnish for cocktail menu
Prepare daily Mise en place in an efficient manner
Complete all beverage orders to specifications; wine, beer, cocktails, coffees
Keep bar and bar areas clean and tidy at all times
Continuously learning and development of bar program using exclusively Canadian ingredients.
Work efficiently consistently in a high pace environment; Understanding the importance of teamwork and flexibility within your role.
Contribute to the growth of the restaurant and our team
To be confident that the service is at all times performed in a professional manner and to the style as specified by the Restaurant Manager.
Provide knowledge and information about our concept, ingredients, suppliers and everything that we stand for.
To be passionate about attending all trainings, briefings and meetings
To be fully conversant with every dish served in the Restaurant and to provide a confident explanation if requested.

Information:
The Butternut Tree is a 62 seat Canadian restaurant overlooking the river valley and Alberta Legislature. The wall-to-wall picture windows offer an incredible view for connecting the customer to the natural landscape of Canada.

We are focusing on offering genuine hospitality while offering the customer a journey to explore the high-quality and incredible diversity of products from our native landscape.

At The Butternut Tree our focus is to explore the corners of Canada discovering new and exciting ingredients to define our cuisine as Canadian.

For over a year leading up to the opening we worked with suppliers, producers and growers from every province and territory of our nation, sourcing responsibly from passionate producers.

By going back to our roots and starting from scratch there are no limits for replacing global sources of sweet, sour, bitter, salty with unique and unexpected ingredients from our home and native land.

Chef and owner Scott Downey has spent the last 10 years exploring the reaches of the globe expanding his culinary knowledge to bring it back home.

Starting his career on Granville Island in Vancouver, then moving on to work in New York and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Chef Downey has been formally trained at the Culinary Institute of America and then went to be mentored under Daniel Boulud, in New York, at his 3-Michelin Star Restaurant Daniel and under Rene Redzepi, in Copenhagen, at world-renowned restaurant Noma.

At The Butternut Tree all aspects of this training and education will be implemented within our service and execution.

At this time The Butternut Tree is open for dinner service only from Wednesday to Saturday at 5:00pm, we also host weddings, events and high tea on Sundays & Mondays.

All staff members will have their own personal locker provided by the restaurant. Employees are provided with uniform shirt and apron which is then their responsibility to keep clean.

Compensation will be based on provincial minimum wage and a percentage of server tip out.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
From $15.00 per hour

Schedule: