maître d
Dining room captain
A maître d is the head waiter or dining room manager at a restaurant, responsible for seating guests, overseeing service, and managing reservations.
Short for maître d'hôtel (French for "master of the house"), the term retains its French flavor in English: The maître d seated us at a table by the window.
Also spelled maitre d.
- headwaiterChief server at restaurant
- front of houseGuest-facing venue operations
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- seatingAvailable places to sit
- restaurantPlace serving meals
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- serviceserve, help, aid, assist, cater
- waitstaffwaiter, waitress, server, head waiter, cocktail server
- greetersgreeter, welcome committee, hostess, doorman, receptionist
- restauranteurowner, proprietor, founder, operator, franchisee
maître dbusboy
Restaurant table clearer
dishwasher · server · waiter · waitress · food runner
maître ddishwasher
Appliance that cleans cookware
prep cook · line cook · sous chef · kitchen porter · executive chef
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