Sommelier
DU SKAL GIDE NOGET FOR AT BLIVE SET Hun fandt ud af, at børn ikke er lette at gøre glade. Derfor skiftede Karina Dall kurs og blev tjener og sommelier. Et erhverv, der ikke altid er let foreneligt med rollen som kvinde og mor. Words / Simon Verheij
Hun er den tjener, der har været ansat længst tid på Restaurant Dannebro på Comwell Kongebrogaarden, der sidste år blev kåret som Danmarks Bedste Luksushotel ved Danish Travel Awards. Selv de mere kække, mandlige kollegaer udviser respekt og spørger hende til råds. Men faktisk er hun kun interesseret i, at alle i fællesskab giver gæsterne en god service og oplevelse. Ellers kan det hele være lige meget, som hun udtrykker det. - For mig kommer gæsten altså først. Jeg er heller ikke bleg for at anerkende, at en gæst eller en kollega ved mere, end jeg gør. Jeg har jo ikke patent på at have ret. Hvem i alverden har i øvrigt det? Karina Dall udstråler da også ro, når hun med sikker hånd serverer mad og skænker vin for sine gæster på Restaurant Dannebro. Det var egentlig ikke tjenerfaget, der lokkede først, men derimod en pædagoguddannelse.
YOU HAVE TO BE MOTIVATED IF YOU WANT TO BE NOTICED She discovered that making children happy is far from easy. Therefore, Karina Dall changed careers and became a waiter and sommelier. This profession is not easy to combine with the roles of woman and mother. She is the waiter who has been employed the longest at Comwell Kongebrogaarden’s Restaurant Dannebro, which last year was named as Denmark's best luxury hotel at the Danish Travel Awards. Even her more self-assured male colleagues show her respect and ask her for advice. But actually, she is only interested in whether or not everyone is work-
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ing together to give their guests good service and a great experience. Otherwise, as she puts it, there’s not really any point in doing it. "The guest always comes first, as far as I am concerned. Neither am I ashamed to admit it when a colleague or one of our guests has greater expertise than I do. I don’t have a monopoly on being right.
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Who on earth does?” Karina Dall also radiates calm, as she confidently serves food and pours wine for Restaurant Dannebro’s clientèle. She was not originally drawn to the waiting profession, instead choosing to train as a nursery teacher.
