Oyster Shucker, Desire Oyster Bar

We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast ).

We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast ).

With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be.

But here’s the thing—we’re not just in the business of hotels, we’re in the business of people. We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect—delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).

The Oyster Shucker accurately & efficiently prepares oysters for consumption. Perform other duties in the areas while maintaining a clean, safe and sanitary work area.

• Reports to kitchen supervisors and kitchen manager
• Assumes 100% responsibility for quality of products served
• Knows & complies consistently with our standard portion sizes, quality standards, policies and procedures
• Handles stores and rotates all products properly
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work station area, including oyster bar, knives, gloves, sinks, and refrigeration equipment
• Opens & closes oyster bar area properly and follows checklist and assists others in closing duties
• Operate Micros to manage your own customers
• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. The employee is expected to work in other areas of the hotel when needed to assist operations to perform job duties not necessarily contained in this job description.
• Build solid relationship with your Colleagues
• Treat colleagues with respect and dignity
• Deliver Passionate & Engaging Service to our Guests
• You will be passionate and truly engaged in taking care of our guests, recognizing individual guests and anticipating their unique needs in order to exceed their expectations
• You will consistently deliver our GUEST model:
  • Greet or welcome everyone, warmly with a smile
  • Use eye and ear contact and guest’s name
  • Establish/anticipate needs
  • Solve and own all requests/complaints
  • Thank everyone

• Strong communication skills
• Appropriate professional appearance and demeanor
• 3 years of previous oyster bar experience preferred, preferably high volume oyster bars
• Culinary degree or related hotel experience is preferred.
• Ability to perform all basic and intermediate cooking skills.
• Able to work multiple stations in the oyster bar.
• Micros experience preferred
• Valid Serv Safe Food Handler Certificate required

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for carrying objects, and 100 pound maximum for lifting.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually…