64300 Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses

What this occupation covers

Maîtres d'hôtel and hosts/hostesses greet patrons and escort them to tables, and supervise and coordinate the activities of food and beverage servers. They are employed in restaurants, hotel dining rooms, private clubs, cocktail lounges and similar establishments.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Receive and record patrons' reservations and assign tables
• Greet patrons and escort them to tables or other seating areas
• Speak with patrons to ensure satisfaction with food and service, and attend to complaints
• Order dining room supplies and equipment
• Inspect dining and serving areas and equipment
• Supervise and coordinate activities of food and beverage servers and other serving staff
• Accept payment from patrons for food and beverages
• Maintain financial statements and records
• Prepare work schedules and payrolls
• Interview candidates for food and beverage server positions and train new employees
• May be responsible for marketing and advertising the dining establishment.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 11 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 65200 Food and beverage servers
• 62020 Food service supervisors

Excluded from this code

• Food and beverage servers (See 65200 Food and beverage servers)
• Food service supervisors (See 62020 Food service supervisors)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

chief host/hostess - food services · dining room host/hostess · host/hostess - food service · host/hostess - restaurant or cocktail lounge · maître d' · maître d'hôtel · restaurant host/hostess

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Several weeks of on-the-job training are usually required.
• Maîtres d'hôtel require experience as a formal or captain waiter/waitress or other food service experience.