Food and Beverage Placement - 1 Year

Exclusive Hotels; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job description

In a Nutshell

We are actively seeking a 1 year Food & Beverage Placement. During a Food and Beverage rotation, you will move between all of our outlets within the Hotel, including our Restaurants, the Bar, and Conference & Banqueting. In each area, you will be undertaking general food and beverage duties. Below is a brief explanation of each area and what you can expect to experience.

Package Description
And now for the good stuff. Hospitality is all about looking after people, and we are committed to our people. We work hard to ensure you can enjoy your job and are well rewarded. As well as excellent training, development, and progression opportunities, other benefits include:

1. Competitive salary, benefits, and we pay above the Real Living Wage Employer
2. 29 days holiday (increasing with length of service)
3. We operate a Discretionary service charge system
4. 50% Discount on food and beverage across all Exclusive properties
5. Really big discounts on room nights across all Exclusive properties
6. PERKZ discount scheme & Online guides such as Exercise, Wellbeing, and Finance
7. Meals on duty provided for free
8. Recognition and rewards scheme
9. Access to our learning platform including great training and development programs
10. Free gym access + where available dedicated classes
11. B Corp accredited and commitment to improving our People, Product, and Planet
12. Free downloads to newspapers, magazines, and books
13. Cycle to work scheme

Main Responsibilities
Lots to do but lots of fun.

Bar and Restaurants
This department consists of The Avenue, providing an intimate, elegant restaurant with dishes produced by a BBC MasterChef, whereas the Cedar Bar, Lounge, and Terrace has a more informal food offering which also includes our beautiful afternoon teas. The Well House is a unique restaurant that offers a food, drink, and social experience, celebrating the simplicity of wood-fired ovens and smokers. Your time in the Restaurants, Bar Lounge, and Terrace will see you work in all of these key areas, developing high levels of product knowledge in food and beverage, and exceptional service standards.

Conference & Banqueting
The C&B department is home to our 9 meeting rooms, used for a variety of spectacular events from weddings to conferences, baby showers to corporate meetings, and internal meetings to full exclusive use events. You will get experience of the full range of events, including how to set up and prepare for them, as well as working them. There will be elements of food and beverage service for the banquet side of the department including plated service, snack service, champagne, and canapé receptions. For the conference side of the business, there will be coffee stations, breakout food and buffets, setting up of audio-visual equipment, and so on.

Additional Exposure
As placement students, you will also have the opportunity to attend a Head of Department meeting, where you will sit with the managers of the property and be involved in business discussions and decisions. We also provide the opportunity to spend some time cross-training in the specialisms of Accounts, Human Resources, and Sales should this be of interest.

The Ideal Candidate
Are you right for us? Our successful Food & Beverage Placement student will be/have:

1. Currently studying a relevant degree in Hospitality or Hotel Management (No graduate applications at this time)
2. A passion for pleasing to ensure our guests have a happy experience.
3. Previous experience as a Food and Beverage Assistant / Waiter/ess (preferable but not essential)
4. An interest and appreciation for Food & Beverage
5. Confident communicator – important to liaise with your guests and your other team members.

About The Company
Are we right for you? We expect a lot, but we’ll give a lot to get the right people. There are 4 main things we look for:

1. We want people with bags of character. We don’t want you to hide your personality when you’re at work; we want you to feel comfortable, to be who you are.
2. We want people people. You’ve got to like being around others, smiling, and chatting because you like people, not because someone told you to smile and chat.
3. We need extra milers. So if you think the job description is all you have to do, then we’re not for you. You have to put your heart into it. When you tell a guest you’re happy to help, you have to mean it.