Club host/club hostess to restaurant host/restaurant hostess
A club host/club hostess already meets 63% of what the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
37.3/ 100
1 How much of what a restaurant host/restaurant hostess is expected to do is already part of a club host/club hostess’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats 8 of its required skills as things a club host/club hostess already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accommodate special seating
- arrange tables
- assist VIP guests
- assist customers
- assist guest departure
- handle customer complaints
What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A restaurant host/restaurant hostess role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a club host/club hostess background worth leading with.
- already held accommodate special seating assisting and caring
- already held arrange tables assisting and caring
- already held assist VIP guests assisting and caring
- already held assist guest departure assisting and caring
- already held advise guests on menus for special events communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held take food and beverage orders from customers communication, collaboration and creativity
All 13 carried skills, including the 8 the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn seat customers according to the waiting list required
- still to learn welcome restaurant guests required
- still to learn comply with food safety and hygiene required
- still to learn present menus required
- optional, not held work in a hospitality team optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
- still to learn check dining room cleanliness required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a restaurant host/restaurant hostess role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 seat customers according to the waiting list practise this
- 02 check dining room cleanliness practise this
- 03 present menus practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held accommodate special seating skill
- already held arrange tables skill
- already held assist VIP guests skill
- already held assist customers skill
- already held assist guest departure skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held process reservations skill
- already held advise guests on menus for special events skill
- already held clean surfaces skill
- already held devise special promotions skill
- already held maintain relationship with customers skill
- already held take food and beverage orders from customers skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held work in a hospitality team optional
- optional, not held assist clients with special needs optional
15 held skills the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role alcoholic beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist at check-in skill
- not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role check tickets at venue entry skill
- not needed by the target role control crowd skill
- not needed by the target role deal with aggressive behaviour skill
- not needed by the target role enforce regulations of selling alcoholic beverages to minors skill
- not needed by the target role greet guests skill
- not needed by the target role handle cash flow skill
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role monitor guest access skill
- not needed by the target role prepare alcoholic beverages skill
- not needed by the target role prepare mixed beverages skill
- not needed by the target role serve beverages skill
- not needed by the target role tend to guests with special needs skill
Other moves recorded from club host/club hostess
Common questions about this move
Can a club host/club hostess become a restaurant host/restaurant hostess?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A club host/club hostess already covers 63% of what a restaurant host/restaurant hostess is expected to do: 13 skills carry over, 8 of which the restaurant host/restaurant hostess role treats as required.
What skills does a club host/club hostess need to become a restaurant host/restaurant hostess?
5 required skills are missing, plus 2 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by assisting and caring. The single most important is seat customers according to the waiting list.
How hard is the move from club host/club hostess to restaurant host/restaurant hostess?
Its learning distance is 37.3 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.