Natalie Thompson 40thBanquet

Good day for the Augusta Newcomers. The host arrived around 7:30 and started setting up with very minimal assistance. She also gave the staff raffle tickets again this year! ( We didn't win anything :c ) Khoris and Garrett managed the 8:00 valet need with ease; they didn't really use it too much this time... Lunch was served a whole 30 minutes ahead of time, around 11:30 instead of 12, and everything went well. The special entrees + desserts went out and we were able to accommodate an extra vegetarian. Staff as a unit kept an eye on the drink station throughout service Once everything got going this was pretty quick overall, they were out by 1:00 sharp

Our first big wine dinner!! We had one pair of no-shows (G. McKnight) but overall this was very well-attended. Everyone was seated almost on time, but the amuse and first wine was all ready to go on schedule. I cannot say enough about how well banquet staff did tonight. We ran through our service plan just twice but they caught on almost immediately, with only a couple very small hitches. They've been killing it recently!! Jake, Khoris, Kevin, and I poured wine before every course as planned. There were two special entrees..Rick handled those. We heard great feedback from the membership afterwards

All went well for the Dental Society tonight. I checked in with both the speaker and Dr. Leggio to make sure they had everything needed and to confirm the timeline as soon as they both arrived. We had some people try and jump the gun and head to the buffet before we had the chance to serve salads but that's to be expected...everything went great, no issues

Tonight's wine dinner for the reserve club went very well! The staff was on point with service. Everything was well prepared and complimented! No issues to report!

Social tonight went as well as it always does, and on time. We haven't been this staffed for a Social (or dinner in general) in quite some time, so I definitely could have split the ballroom into two teams. The new hires did well for the most part, just need some polishing on service. Nevertheless, all the special entrees went out perfectly fine, everything went well

Rocky start for these folks. They were over an hour late, had an add-on (Chris had an extra beef so no worries there), and there was a lot of confusion with the name cards. When they finally got started all went well and normal though. No issues