Job Description

Forepaugh's Restaurant is seeking an experienced, hospitality-driven Wine Director to lead and elevate our beverage program.


This role oversees wine, spirits, cocktails, and service standards while inspiring and developing a high-performing beverage team.

Essential Functions:

* In-depth knowledge of Wines, as well as the ability to quickly recall and share complex information about different types of wines, wine pairings and tasting notes.


* Promote wine sales through staff and customer education, and by ordering wines, maintaining the wine stock, creating a wine list and writing wine descriptions, Suggesting food and wine pairings to servers and customers.


* Conduct wine tastings for staff and customers.


* Maintain assigned work station in a safe and sanitary condition


* Maintain acceptable standards of personal hygiene and complies with department dress code.

* Oversee private event beverage planning and excecution.

* Recruit, train, schedule and manage bartenters and sommeliers.

* Curate wine and beverage selections, pricing, inventory and pricing.

* Other tasks as assigned by the leadership team


We are proud to offer competitive benefits including:

* Competitive compensation


* Work-Life balance


* Safety practices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are provided


* Employee training and development


* Opportunities for advancement and to make an impact


* Culture of inclusion and belonging


Who we are:

Fourpaugh's is owned by Taher, Inc., a family-owned and operated, chef-driven, food service management company providing K-12 school lunch management, campus dining, senior dining, corporate dining and catering, and vending and office beverage services, and fine dining restaurants to clients in our growing nationwide footprint. Taher, Inc. maintains a consistent presence in Food Service Management's Top 25 companies

* Able to follow oral and written directions
* Able to reach, bend, stoop, and frequently lift up to 50 pounds
* Able work in standing position for long periods of time
* Punctual and dependable
* Follows food safety requirements and guidelines
* Self-starter that can work independently
* Must pass criminal background check

EOE/AA

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