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Le Petit Chef - Master of Ceremonies

Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites by Hilton Ottawa Downtown

361 Queen Street
Ottawa, ON K1R 0C7
Canada

Hotel de 346 Habitaciónes
Gestionado Por Concord Hospitality Enterprises
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Description

As the MC, you will serve as the face and voice of the Le Petit Chef experience. You will welcome guests, introduce the evening’s program, guide the audience through key moments, and create an atmosphere that is warm, exciting, polished, and aligned with our brand.

The ideal candidate is energetic, engaging, and professional, with the presence and communication skills to connect with diverse audiences while maintaining excellent timing, discretion, and attention to detail.

Key Responsibilities

  • Welcome guests with warmth, enthusiasm, and genuine hospitality.
  • Host and guide the dining experience from beginning to end.
  • Introduce the Le Petit Chef story, performances, courses, and special moments in a clear and engaging manner.
  • Maintain strong energy and audience engagement throughout each presentation.
  • Deliver scripted and unscripted remarks confidently and naturally.
  • Adjust delivery, pacing, and tone to suit the audience, occasion, and event format.
  • Coordinate closely with the culinary, service, production, and management teams.
  • Follow performance cues and maintain precise timing in a live dining environment.
  • Make announcements regarding guest experience, venue procedures, and special programming when required.
  • Respond professionally and graciously to guest questions or unexpected situations.
  • Help create a welcoming, inclusive, and enjoyable environment for all guests.
  • Represent Le Petit Chef’s/Hilton standards, values, and brand with consistency and professionalism.
  • Participate in rehearsals, briefings, training, and ongoing performance feedback.

What We’re Looking For

  • A high-energy, engaging, and polished stage presence.
  • Excellent public-speaking, presentation, and verbal communication skills.
  • A warm, personable, and approachable hosting style.
  • The ability to command attention without overshadowing the dining experience.
  • Professionalism, poise, reliability, and excellent personal presentation.
  • Strong improvisation skills and the ability to think calmly on your feet.
  • Excellent timing, situational awareness, and attention to detail.
  • Confidence working with microphones, scripts, cues, and live production elements.
  • The ability to read a room and adapt to different audiences and energy levels.
  • A collaborative, team-oriented attitude.
  • Genuine enthusiasm for hospitality, entertainment, food, and creating memorable guest experiences.
  • Availability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events as required.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bilingual-French and English
  • Previous experience as an MC, host, presenter, entertainer, actor, announcer, tour guide, or event facilitator.
  • Experience in hospitality, restaurants, hotels, tourism, live entertainment, or special events.
  • Training or education in theatre, communications, broadcasting, public relations, or a related field.
  • Experience hosting immersive, theatrical, corporate, or fine-dining events.
  • Additional language skills are an asset.

Why Join Concord?

Concord Hospitality invests in its associates by providing training and development at all levels, from interns to executive leaders. Our “Associate First” culture supports and inspires personal development both within the workplace and beyond.

We value work-life balance, diversity, and a commitment to providing the best customer service and quality accommodations in every market we serve. Built on five cornerstones—Quality, Integrity, Community, Profitability, and FUN!—our associates proudly cheer:

“We Are Concord!”

We support diversity and inclusion through our mission to be a Great Place to Work for All.

Publicado 16 De Septiembre De 2026

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Short walk to government buildings

We’re in downtown, four blocks from the Parliament of Canada, and five blocks from Ottawa City Hall. The Ottawa River and Victoria Island are less than a kilometer away. The Canadian War Museum and the ByWard market are both within two kilometers. Enjoy all-day dining in the Tulip restaurant. Our Pavilion Pantry is open 24 hours for drinks and snacks.

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Careers and Hospitality Job Opportunities with Concord

Concord Hospitality Enterprises Company is an award-winning hotel management and development company. Through the combined efforts of over 4,200 hard working and focused associates, Concord offers a unique blend of entrepreneurship, seasoned experience, innovation and technical excellence. These elements create a company equipped to produce above-standard returns, market sustainability and a partnership well worth investing in.

Since Concord's inception in 1985, our success has been guided by our cornerstones: Quality, Integrity, Community, Profitability and Fun. These cornerstones are the indispensible and fundamental basis of our daily actions. Our commitment to these cornerstones has led us to be recognized as the respected hospitality company that we are.

Concord is one of North America's largest hotel management and hotel development companies. Concord's passion for success has resulted in over twenty years of proven results as a hotel owner, manager, and developer of mid market and first class hotel properties. Concord's goal is to create value for its partners and associates by leveraging its operations, development, sales & marketing, technology, accounting, and management skills over its growing portfolio of first-class business hotels.

Concord has experienced sustained growth of a remarkable 35% annually for three years in a row and with over half a billion in new hotel projects in the pipeline, that number is projected to increase noticeably. Additionally, Concord is expanding its portfolio through third party management contracts with leading brand partners such as Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, Choice and Intercontinental Hotels. These growth opportunities have presented themselves to Concord based on our strong relationships with investment partners.