Chef de Rang - Atrium Bar Lounge

2023 Summer Season

We are currently looking for a talented Chef de Rang for our Atrium Bar Lounge!

Joining Four Seasons Hotel Florence you will have the opportunity to be part of a cohesive team who are truly committed to deliver outstanding service and unique experiences to our guests. At Four Seasons, we follow the Golden Rule in every interaction ensuring our guests and employees feel valued, appreciated and at home with us.

You will have the opportunity to be part of a cohesive team who are truly committed to deliver outstanding service and unique experiences to our guests. At Four Seasons, we follow the Golden Rule in every interaction ensuring our guests and employees feel valued, appreciated and at home with us.

About Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts:

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About Four Seasons Hotel Florence:

Our historic Hotel, with its Michelin-starred restaurant and a locally inspired Spa, is just few steps away from the cultural heart of Florence. The Four Seasons Hotel Florence has the city largest private garden and it is the perfect urban retreat steeped in historic beauty.

The Role of Chef de Rang at the Bar:

The Chef de Rang is an essential member of the Food & Beverage team dedicated to providing exceptional quality and service to our guests. This position provides hotel guests and servers with quick and efficient beverage service with a complete working knowledge of all products served by the bar.

Responsibilities:

Provide an enjoyable, expertly served beverage or dining experience conforming to Four Seasons standards of excellence for quality, professionalism and friendliness.

Prepare and serve a selection of wines, spirits, and mixed drinks from the menu while ensuring proper pouring, mixing, and blending.

Confirm guest orders including any special needs or requests from the lounge server using the hotel’s point-of-sales system; check completed orders with the guest’s original order. 

Take orders from guests seated at the bar and lounge area offering interesting, and vivid descriptions of the each item’s, origin, taste, and preparation methods; maintains a working knowledge of liquors, wines, beets, ports, Armagnac, eau de vies, cognacs and specialty drinks. 

Anticipate guest needs, ascertain satisfaction and respond urgently and appropriately to guest concerns and requests.

Prepare and present bills accurately and perform all duties related to bar closing shifts.

Maintain the appropriate levels of beverage stocks by monitoring purchases and sales, ensuring professional, efficient and accurate service of all types of beverage following the recipes in standards, in order to completely satisfy our guests during their experience.

Ensure that the cellar is kept stocked, clean and in the appropriate operational order at all times.

Monitor that the bar equipment and wine basket, decanters and ice bucket with stands are kept clean and in order.

Support the Bar Manager in setting up cocktail lists.

Perform additional service side duties when needed.

Greet and seat guests in a professional manner and take reservations, when needed, conforming to Four Seasons standards.

Assist in setting and clearing tables neatly, rapidly and completely according to specification.

Assist in the breakdown, cleaning and set-up of buffets and food stations.

Our Ideal Chef de Rang at the Bar will have:

A minimum of two years food service experience in a similar role.

Extensive knowledge of drink mixing and garnishing.

Proficiency in using the Micros Operating System.

Excellent interpersonal skills, an outgoing personality and a can-do approach to any request.

Creativity, initiative and team work approach are required.

Reading, writing and oral proficiency in the Italian and English language.

Legal right to work in Italy.