(1) Subordinate to the maitre d'hotel are hostesses and headwaiters, who supervise the dining rooms.

(2) Every restaurant customer sees the maitre d'hotel captain, or hostess who does the seating, the waiters and waitresses who take orders and bring food, and bussers who set and clear the table.

(3) Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d'hotel.

(4) master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d'hotel.

(5) Allen, who was black, started at the White House in 1952. He began washing dishes and stocking cabinets before rising to maitre d'hotel during Reagan's presidency.