Director Of Fine Dining - The Little Nell

Job Description
Summary
The Director of Fine Dining is responsible for the successful operation of Element 47 Restaurant, Bar, Living Room and Wine Bar. Maintaining financial profitability, Forbes Five-Star service, excellent guest response, innovative dining and cohesion between meal periods and departments.
The budgeted salary range for this position is $80,000-$100,000. Actual pay will be dependent on budget and experience, all of our salaried roles are eligible for bonus.
Job Posting Deadline
Applications for this position will be accepted until May 15, 2024.
Essential Job Functions
- Provide leadership and support to Element 47 AM and PM Managers
- Responsible for growth and mentoring of Element 47 Managers and Assistant Managers
- Communicate with Executive Chef or Chef de Cuisine concerning quality, presentation, timing and guest comments
- Hold weekly meetings with management team to communicate information and improve on service steps, standards and communication in general
- Will hold the management team and line staff accountable, according to Forbes five Star service and hotel standards
- Ensures staffs appearance is impeccable at all times
- Ensure managers are training to Forbes standards, service techniques, food knowledge, wine and spirit training during daily briefings and testing of staff is administered monthly
- Work with Restaurant Managers to develop staff that may be slow to pick up standards and further develop team members that are excelling and have potential to grow
- Enforce restaurant standards, procedures, policies and conduct
- Provides support and oversight to all meal periods based on volume levels
- Assist in maintenance and cleanliness of restaurant, bar and service areas
- Anticipate and oversee China, Glass, Linen and Silver inventory and needs to ensure staff has sufficient supplies
- Create and manage purchase orders for all supplies needed
- Maintain high level of guest satisfaction, makes immediate corrective action when guests’ needs are not met. Report “guest incidents or requests” in Alice immediately so hotel management is aware.
- Represent Element 47 at Department Head and F&
B meetings
- Collaborate with Executive Chef and F&
B Director to plan and execute special holidays and functions
- Ensure Resy is constantly updated and maintain contact with the reservations team to maximize covers
- Work with the F&
B Director to plan annual department budget
- Constantly monitor labor based on volume and use “Hotel Effectiveness” to ensure labor budget is consistent
- Supervise the care of equipment, minimizing waste, breakage and misuse
- Responsible for driving business levels in all meal periods and outlets