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The Truth About Banquet Coordination
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It might seem like a fun and glamorous position when you attend your
friend's wedding and you see the banquet manager escorting the bride &
groom into the room, directing his waiters in serving the food, and later
even taking center stage during the cake cutting ceremony. You might even
think, hey, I would like to do that for a living. Below, I have outlined
what it takes to become a good banquet coordinator.
A banquet coordinator’s job is organizing the smooth presentation of staff,
food and facilities for events held in a banquet-type atmosphere. To be
a banquet manager or coordinator, you are required to have a bachelor's
degree in a business field, in combination with a proven work history.
Banquet coordinators often work long hours that include evenings, weekends
and holidays. Most of the heavy lifting is done by assisting staff.
As described above, the requirements for a career as a banquet coordinator
range between relevant work experience and formal education. It is very
important that banquet managers have a firm understanding of the financial
and organizational aspects of managing a banquet facility. Leadership
qualities are also very important because the coordinator will have staff
under him whom he must manage. As a coordinator, you should have strong
knowledge of service standards and different service types and you would
have an edge over your competitors if you speak multiple languages.
Most hotels and other such establishments have banquet rooms for hire.
The banquet coordinator is, as the name implies, tasked with the duty
of doing all the coordination of the events that take place in such venues.
He must therefore have exceptional organizational and communication skills.
The duties and responsibilities of a banquet coordinator include the establishment
of, and the smooth, efficient, ongoing service in all banquet and meeting
functions. He is also responsible for the continuous upgrade and upkeep
of all buffet presentations and making a budget of the banquet expenses
in detail for the client.
The banquet coordinator also has the duty of planning, coordinating and
supervising all catered events at the venue. As a coordinator, you will
be responsible for all the hiring and firing and scheduling and training
the catering staff. Also, you will be responsible for the human resource
development of the existing catering staff in service techniques, menu
presentations, policies and procedures among other things.
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