Sommelier

Jean-Georges Seeking an Experienced Sommelier for 220 Central Park South!

If you are passionate about hospitality and want to be part of a great team with amazing potential for growth, this is your perfect opportunity to take your career to the next level! We are offering extremely exciting opportunities for growth and creative freedom!

Jean-Georges Management is built on a powerful culinary foundation and has evolved into a reputable and award-winning restaurant group. From its inception, Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten placed emphasis on the importance of providing the very best in culinary and tailored hospitality, which has resulted in the success of an acclaimed constellation of international restaurants. With over 40 restaurants worldwide, we continuously strive toward excellence and rely on the support of our culinary and hospitality team members to contribute to our worldwide operations.

Responsibilities (these are not all-inclusive):

• Work the floor during service with an emphasis on beverage sales.  Up-sell at all possible opportunities.
• Maintain a high-quality level of service regarding body language, eye contact, and proper verbiage and seek to positively enhance the guest experience throughout the evening.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of all wine, saké, beer, spirits, specialty cocktails, teas and sodas, and all non-alcoholic beverages.
• Assist Beverage Manager in ordering all bar products-liquor, beer, wine, and consumables to par, as required
• Assist in preparing for and performing a weekly inventory of all beverage department products, as required
• Assist in researching and conducting comprehensive beverage training for FOH staff, working in conjunction with Corporate Beverage Director.
• Assist in maintaining beverage encyclopedia.
• Oversee maintenance/cleanliness of all decanters, wine stations, and all storage areas pertaining to beverage.
• Open & close as needed.
• Additional duties may be added as deemed necessary by Culinary Concepts, the Corporate Beverage Director, General Manager or Beverage Manager.

 Behavior/Skills:

• Passionate
• Curious
• Sincere
• Empathetic
• Social
• Able to work independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Able to handle multiple tasks and works well in an environment with time constraints.
• Able to handle last-minute changes

 Qualifications:

• Willing to work a flexible schedule and holidays
• Be a self-motivator and motivator of others
• Work in a safe, prudent and organized manner
• Have an in-depth knowledge of food and preparation
• Be able to relate to all levels of guests and management
• Have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in similar position
• Have the ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
• Have excellent communication and organization skills
• Maintain a clean and healthy personal hygiene and grooming

 Benefits:

• We offer health insurance to full time employees according to our benefits policy
• Paid time off
• Employee discount at Jean-Georges' NY restaurants
• Tons of opportunity for career growth!

This position requires FULL AVAILABILITY- daytime hours, evening hours and weekends.

COMPENSATION:

The base pay range for this position is $30 per hour.  The determination of what a specific employee in this job classification is paid within the range depends on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, prior employment history/job-related knowledge, qualifications and skills, etc.

We look forward to meeting you!

'Jean-Georges' 220 CPS is an Equal Opportunity Employer Committed to Excellence Through Diversity'