Assistant Food & Beverage Manager

Harri; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free health club

Discounts across QHotels

Family & Friends discounts

Training & qualifications

Learning & development

Employee Assistance Program

Refer a friend

Free parking

Job summary

The QHotels Collection is seeking an experienced Food & Beverage professional at Ashford International Hotel & Spa in Ashford, Kent. You will lead by example on the floor, ensure brand standards, maximise revenue, and support the F&B Manager across restaurant, bar and conference & events areas.

Ideal candidates have hands-on hospitality experience in busy meetings, events, banqueting and weddings venues, plus restaurant and bar management, people leadership, and a passion for wine and beverages

Qualifications

• Previous hospitality experience in a busy meetings & events venue.
• Restaurant and bar management experience.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Up-to-date with food & beverage trends and wine/spirits knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on on the floor, leading by example and ensuring brand standards.
• Maximise guest experience and revenues across F&B operations.
• Assist the F&B Manager across restaurant, bar and conference & events areas.

Skills

Hospitality experience

Leadership

People management

Wine & spirits knowledge

Job description

Are you passionate about food and providing an outstanding guest experience?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced role where 2 days are never the same?

The important stuff:

• Free health club membership (T&Cs apply)
• Discounts across The QHotels Collection
• Family & Friends discounts in hotels across The QHotels Collection
• Support with training & professional qualifications, including course fees!
• Various learning & development available
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program – Hospitality Action
• Refer a friend scheme
• FREE parking
• AND……much, much more!

What will I do?

You will be hands on, working on the floor together with your team, leading by example ensuring brand standards are adhered to, the guest experience is to a very high standard and revenues are maximised at every opportunity. Assisting the Food & Beverage Manager across the F&B operation which will include the restaurant, bar and conference & events areas.

Is this the role for me?

• Previousexperience working withinhospitality
• Have worked in a busy meetings & events, banqueting and weddingsvenue
• Restaurant and bar management experience
• People management experience
• Up to date with food & beverages trends&best practice
• Knowledge of wines & spirits

Curious to find out more?

Ashford International Hotel & Spa is located in Ashford, Kent, not too far from London and is a 4*, 179-bedroom property. Our hotel has the Horizon restaurant and the Quench bar, and we offer afternoon tea as well as private dining and meetings & event spaces. The leisure facilities include a gym, pool, jacuzzi, steam room, and a relaxing Elemis spa.

The QHotels Collection are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all. We believe everyone should be treated equal so should you require any reasonable adjustments to any stage of the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know so we can make the changes accordingly.

The QHotels Collection proudly supports the UK Armed Forces and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant achieving the Silver Award.

Compensation: Competitive salary