Waiter training: Steps of Service. Live recording of waiting tables! Restaurant training video!

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Waiting tables is an art! To be good at it you need knowledge and experience! In this restaurant training video you can follow me while I am working my station and talking to guests and coworkers in real situations, uncut! The best way to learn the job is to follow someone who has been in the business for a long time and who is striving to provide excellent service for his guests! Mind you, there are a lot of experienced waiters who don't give a penny about their guests and about the level of service they provide! You cannot learn nothing good from those people, better do it yourself!
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[idugonjic]

I really enjoy to watch your videos，I learned good things from you which I put in my daily waiter job. And gass what， yesterday after your live stream I said to my selfe I do the best service ever...and I get some tips from the Islandic guests :)

Thanks Ned for your afford and your good will to do this great channel. Take care bro!

[timjung]

I've only listened to parts of your video, especially since a lot of it is in a language I don't understand. You may already be doing this, but I found that an elegant and unobtrusive way to ask if a plate can be cleared is by simply asking "May I?" If it looks like the guests are better off not being verbally interrupted, I'll just extend my hand palm-up and hover over the plate which is a non-verbal gesture equivalent to "May I?" I've learned from experience that it's almost always better to ask--whether verbally or non-verbally--than to assume (the exception is if the guest obviously wants his/her plate and silverware cleared, e.g. pushed to the side of a table).

[MarceloSantos-wwmz]

Hi, I'm from Brazil, I'm a waiter. We always have something to improve. Congrats on your videos.

[timjung]

"Mind you, there are a lot of experienced waiters who don't give a penny about their guests and about the level of service they provide! You cannot learn nothing good from those people, better do it yourself!"

Amen! You couldn't have said it better! Experience doesn't mean anything if the server never learns from it. Furthermore, even a highly skilled server can be a bad teacher because teaching is a totally different skill!

[TheWaitersAcademy]

I’m excited to present my own Amazon store page! Please DO NOT!!! buy anything you don’t really need! Still, you can support my work by clicking on this link and buy some necessary stuff you are going to buy anyway! I am thankful for that and I promise that the channel will continue to educate and entertain for free for years to come! Thanks and God bless!

[erenkruger]

Good afternoon, sir. Once I became more interested in waitressing and started watching your videos in order to gain more knowledge. I started watching all your videos in a row. I really admire you for working hard and finding the time and energy to train others around the world with these videos. Few people would think of such things. What surprised me the most was that I heard that you are from Bulgaria. Is this true?

[innocrooked]

Thank you for this video.. Sow very affriciated this video! =) every I'll apply to my work.. I'm waiter in philippines =)

[AuziFox]

I implemented this today and it went great !! Made over 20% in tips !

I did notice that I was in my head a bit and going a little fast. Any tips for these two issues ?

Thanks !

[rafaelferreira]

Ned, I'm really interested in your work, thank yoi so much for sharing, it has step up my waiter skills. By the way, if it is not much work could you please add subtitles in english to this video? I bet it would help a lot of people (me included, haha). Thanks in advance!

[AuziFox]

Great ! I implemented this today and got my tip average well above 20% !!

I did notice that I was in my head a bit and was going/ talking fast. Do you have any tips for this ?

[MrBirdieZ]

Hi, if I want to pursue my future career as a waiter in a Michelin Star restaurant, where should I start or what is your recommendation/ guidance for a start up?

[its_mesiddhartha]

we do not service liquer & spirt in hotel restaurant

[timjung]

Hey Ned! Long time, no chat!

If you recall, I had a server job for a month at a new restaurant but quit because I was making more money backwaiting. Well, that restaurant I was backwaiting at is now going to start training me to be a server. I could have started earlier but was hesitant as I was trying to find a restaurant that didn't require much, if any, wine and beverage knowledge for servers, but after learning the hard way that those types of restaurants won't make much money, I've finally decided to start serving at my current restaurant. I have a lot to learn about wine and beverages, but I can do that on my own.

But I'm going to get trained how to expo (I'm guessing this is part of my server training as learning to how expo also means learning how long each dish takes to cook so as a server, I know when to fire each course to minimize guests waiting between courses). Any advice for expediting?

[ruthmusonda]

How is the services now there's the coronavirus?

[justinpatel]

Hi sir I want to work on cruise line can u help out

[etiturashvili]

What is this man????the only video of yours I didn't like