Compensation $10,000/hr + Tips
Banquet bartenders serve beverages at banquets and events and ensure that customer satisfaction is maintained. Banquet bartenders typically work behind the bar counter to craft and serve drinks, and they usually work weekends and late nights. Many employers require banquet bartenders to be available on call for events. People who find most satisfaction in this field enjoy working independently and engaging positively with others.
Event Bartender Duties & Responsibilties
Provide Customer Service
Banquet bartenders engage their customers and create a positive experience for guests. Maintaining a friendly attitude, banquet bartenders attend all their customers in an efficient and prompt manner.
Make and Serve Beverages
Banquet bartenders prepare and serve beverages that are both alcoholic and nonalcoholic. When preparing drinks, banquet bartenders follow recipes and procedures for crafting specialty beverages.
Maintain Bar Area
Stocking beer and wine, washing utensils and tools, and wiping surfaces, banquet bartenders maintain the bar area and make sure that all products, drinks, and cups are readily accessible and available for use during an event.
Follow Safe Alcohol Service Standards
Banquet bartenders keep an eye out for potentially unsafe situations and ensure that no alcohol is consumed by minors. Banquet bartenders check IDs and respond appropriately when guests violate state laws or regulations.
Handle Cash and Credit Transactions
Handling a high amount of customers each night, banquet bartenders collect payments from customers, process credit card transactions, and accurately manage cash transactions.
Banquet bartenders engage their customers and create a positive experience for guests. Maintaining a friendly attitude, banquet bartenders attend all their customers in an efficient and prompt manner.
Make and Serve Beverages
Banquet bartenders prepare and serve beverages that are both alcoholic and nonalcoholic. When preparing drinks, banquet bartenders follow recipes and procedures for crafting specialty beverages.
Maintain Bar Area
Stocking beer and wine, washing utensils and tools, and wiping surfaces, banquet bartenders maintain the bar area and make sure that all products, drinks, and cups are readily accessible and available for use during an event.
Follow Safe Alcohol Service Standards
Banquet bartenders keep an eye out for potentially unsafe situations and ensure that no alcohol is consumed by minors. Banquet bartenders check IDs and respond appropriately when guests violate state laws or regulations.
Handle Cash and Credit Transactions
Handling a high amount of customers each night, banquet bartenders collect payments from customers, process credit card transactions, and accurately manage cash transactions.