Sazanka Restaurant Trainee - Sazanka Restaurant - Amsterdam

Hotel Okura Amsterdam is an international 5 star hotel. Step in our world and experience how Eastern and Western influences are uniquely entwined through our mix of Japanese and Dutch culture. All our colleagues ensure an authentic service and experience to all guests. In order to achieve this, we are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team. Are you the best in offering service to guests? Do you go the extra step in offering the guest a culinary experience of the highest level? Is catering in your blood and do you want to work at one of The Leading Hotels of the World? Then this vacancy is for you!

What can you expect

Sazanka Restaurant is a Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant where the Chefs will prepare the most delicious fish, meat and vegetarian dishes on a hot iron griddle at your table. Sazanka Restaurant is open from 6.30 PM until 10 PM and can be booked for group lunches with a minimum group size of ten people.

As a trainee you are responsible in offering the excellent service in Sazanka Restaurant. Your responsibilities include advising and guiding the guest as well as providing the service at a high level!  Your main tasks will be:

• Offering service to guests;
• Having good knowledge of the menu;
• Carrying out mise en place activities in the restaurant and pantry;
• Conforming reservations;
• Having good knowledge of coffee and tea;
• Welcoming and guiding guests;

You traineeship will be carried out in shifts throughout a 7 day workweek. The working time shifts will be from 12:00 to 24:00. You will work 5 days per week, 7.6 hours per day. You are available to work on public holidays. It is possible to work on your thesis or school projects once per week.

What do we offer

• Contract: Trainee contract of a 6 month period or more;
• Salary: Trainee compensation of €750 euros (gross) per month based on a full time traineeship
• Holidays: for an internship with a minimum of 6 months, you will get 1 day off per month;
• Extensive development opportunities to improve day by day. We offer an online e-learning system with more than 300+ courses. Moreover, we offer specific courses from our Training Manager, such as: Lean White Belt Training and the Extraordinary Guest Experiences Training;
• Room to share initiatives, ideas and improvements, based on the Lean philosophy. Doesn’t matter if you have worked with us for a week, month or year: We want to hear your thoughts;
• Vitality weeks and monthly health days;
• Attractive family and friends rates on overnight stays at Hotel Okura Amsterdam;
• Once a year staff discount in one of the restaurants (50%);
• Staff discount in our restaurants (20%);
• Trainee lunch with all interns in one of our restaurants!;
• Everyday free lunch/dinner;
• Possibility to do cross trainings to learn more about other departments, for example, take a look at the Japanese kitchen.

What do we ask? 

We are primarily interested in you and what we as an employer can do for you. Nevertheless we expect from you that:

• You are guest oriented; 
• You have eye for detail; 
• You are flexible with regards to your work schedule; 
• You are a student at one of the (hotel)schools in the Netherlands preferably on your 2nd year of study or higher

Enthusiastic? That’s great, please apply! 

Please apply via the button below, we will call you as soon as possible for a short introduction to get to know each other. A selection assessment is one component of our recruitment process.