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Banqueting server

Sets up and serves at conferences, weddings and gala dinners, often on casual or agency contracts. Huge numbers of hospitality careers start here.

A real shift

Arrive for setup, lay tables to plan, brief, serve courses in synchronised waves, clear and break down the room, sometimes long past midnight.

Skills that matter

  • Plate carrying and silver service
  • Teamwork in synchronised service
  • Allergen awareness
  • Stamina

Qualifications

  • No formal requirement; food hygiene Level 2 helps
  • Level 2 Hospitality Team Member apprenticeship

Where it leads

  1. Banqueting server
  2. Banqueting supervisor
  3. Events manager
  4. Restaurant server

What we'd ask on the show

  • Casual work, zero-hours and the events industry
  • Serving 500 in perfect time
  • The best and worst wedding you worked

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