Hourly Sommelier

Job Description

Job Description

Hiring – Hourly Sommelier
Hiring Immediately

Why The Twelve Thirty Club?

• Outstanding earning potential
• Benefits available at 25 hours – Including medical, dental, vision, pet insurance & more!
• Training that will build your restaurant skills
• Growth opportunity that leads to becoming a lead server or bartender
• Work alongside a professional group of teammates and established management
• 35% dining discount 

Who we are:

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do. From exuding hospitality as soon as a guest enters the front door of our elevated Honky Tonk, creating one-of-a-kind dining experiences at our dapper-as-hell Supper Club, or keeping the energy pulsating at our Rooftop Bar, our team is the reason our guests continue to come back. When you join the Twelve Thirty Club, you are not only embarking on a limitless restaurant career, you are becoming part of a group that encourages creativity and passion. 

The Twelve Thirty Club is part of Author & Edit, a creation of restaurant innovator Sam Fox, who has developed a growing lineup of unique concepts found across the United States. The properties are authored with an extraordinary vision and meticulously edited to create offerings that are not only seen but felt. Each Author & Edit property is an original; created through a global lens and connected to the diverse communities, cities, and neighborhoods in which they reside, and trust us – you want to be a part of it. 

What you’ll do:

• Ensuring floor is stocked with wine glasses. If the restaurant is not stocked adequately, notify managers and collaborate on bringing up new stock.   

• Updating bin locator and 86 list. Approval from Wine or Assist Wine Directors to make independent updates is required)

• Assisting guests with wine selections (driving sales) 

• Performing wine service for guests 
• Pulling wine, presenting, pouring, and maintaining filled glasses 
• Wine is not to be pulled without a chit 

• Communicating details of a table’s wine with their respective server to ensure that there is continuity of wine service.  

• Coordinating with Special Events Captains to assist Event clients with any additional items to enhance their experience, and with an understanding of the party’s F&B minimums 

• Receive unused and unopened Event Order wines at the end of an event.  
• Ensure that the amount of bottles remaining on the check + the unopened bottles = the total number of bottles initially given.  
• Return these items to respective storage locations 
• Open Event wines are either subbed in for BTG when applicable or stored securely in Wine Door #10 (Not left out on the sommelier station) 

• If the Hourly Sommelier is not busy with wine during service, then they should help the floor in any way possible 

• Running food/drinks, walking tables, clearing/resetting 
• Check on Honorary Members throughout the building and try to further relationships with them.  
• Receive and organize deliveries for wine (Wednesday/Friday) 
• Maintenance, cleanliness and organization of wine storage locations; stocking wall and walk-in 
• Confirming wine selections on Event Orders are stocked before service, are the correct temperature, and that any issues or outages are communicated to management prior to lineup. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years working at a fine dining establishment
• TN TABC Certification
• Food and wine knowledge
• Frequently lifts/carries up to 50 lbs.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays
• Strong leadership qualities
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and multitask
• Attention to detail
• Able to work flexible, sometimes long hours
• Excellent customer service

The Twelve Thirty Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Proof of eligibility to work in the United States is required.