Head of F&B -

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality organization in the UK is looking for a dynamic Head of Food & Beverage to oversee the F&B department. The role involves strategic planning, operational leadership, and ensuring outstanding guest experiences. Candidates should have extensive experience in managing large F&B operations and a strong grasp of financial principles. This position offers a competitive salary, potential bonuses, and a range of benefits, including discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Complimentary stay for you and one guest

Generous F&B outlet discounts

Extensive training opportunities

Paid volunteering days

Wagestream financial wellbeing app

Meals whilst on duty

31 days holiday per year

Enhanced Family Leave

Access to Employee Assistance Programs

Taxi subsidy for late shifts

Company sick pay and life insurance

Discounts for hotels and restaurants globally

Refer a Friend programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing large Catering & Events business operations.
• Ability to develop and implement commercial strategies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead all hotel F&B operations including Meetings & Events.
• Deliver departmental profit while ensuring exceptional guest experiences.
• Manage technology systems for reservations and workforce planning.

Skills

Large-scale F&B operations management

Business and financial acumen

F&B systems expertise

Food Safety Level 4 certification

Sales & marketing strategy

Industry knowledge

Education

Relevant industry courses

Tools

Micros Simphony

Table reservation systems

Payroll management systems

Job description

Head of Food & Beverage

An amazing opportunity at Kimpton Charlotte Square for a dynamic and strategic-minded Head of Food and Beverage to join us and lead the effective and efficient running of hotel F&B Department! We are offering a competitive salary, plus a potential earning of 15% annual bonus upon reaching targets.

To be considered for this role, please apply before: 11 January 2026. You can check out our Instagram page to have a look at @kimptoncharlottesquare!

Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel brings together traditional Edinburgh architecture with an exciting and fresh indoor feel, offering our guests a modern luxurious stay.

Overview

Welcoming locals to relax in our Garden area (a must visit), experiencing mouth‑watering food in BABA restaurant, or guests from far and wide being pampered in our state‑of‑the‑art Spa - we cover it all!

Benefits

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world's leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities.
• Complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George, plus Spa & Gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Meals whilst on duty.
• 31 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated).
• Enhanced Family Leave (you can ask more details at the interview).
• Mental Health First Aiders on Duty and access to Employee Assistance Programs.
• Taxi subsidy for shifts starting / ending between 23:00-06:00.
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance.
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world.
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores - all the way from retail to cinema.
• Don't forget, bring your friends and take part in our generous 'Refer a Friend' programme!

Responsibilities

• Lead all hotel F&B operations: Meetings & Events, Breakfast, In‑Room Dining, Restaurants and Bars.
• Execute the hotel F&B strategy and ensure brand standards are consistently applied.
• Deliver departmental profit and manage all F&B cost lines while ensuring exceptional guest experience across all F&B touchpoints.
• Workforce planning: recruitment, rostering, retention, and incentive plans for F&B teams.
• Menu engineering and stock control: optimize menus, manage inventory, and control beverage cost of sale.
• Compliance: HACCP, Food Safety Level 3, FHIS pass rating, and work toward Eat Safe Award.
• Audit and resolve operational issues: food quality, service delivery, reservation processes.
• Develop supplier partnerships and leverage opportunities for cost and quality improvements.
• Drive colleague engagement: performance reviews, recognition, and team development.
• Analyse performance: prepare month‑end reports and present to senior leadership.
• Stay ahead of market trends and implement new F&B initiatives.
• Manage technology systems: reservation, POS (Micros Simphony), procurement (ProcureWizard), and workforce planning (Quinyx).
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Executive Chef, Commercial team and IHG support functions.
• Achieve and maintain FHIS Pass rating across all F&B outlets and work toward Eat Safe Award where applicable.

Qualifications

• Experience from large‑scale F&B Operation: proven experience managing large Catering & Events (C&E) business operations, with multiple F&B outlets management responsibilities.
• Commercial Acumen: strong business and financial acumen with the ability to develop and implement commercial strategies that drive revenue growth, guest satisfaction and profitability.
• F&B Systems Expertise: proficiency in F&B management systems such as Micros Simphony (or relevant POS), table reservation systems, catering controls, and payroll management systems.
• Food Safety & Licenses: possession of an Alcohol Personal Licence and completion of relevant industry courses.
• Food Safety Level 4 certification is preferred.
• Sales & Marketing Strategy: experience developing and executing F&B sales and marketing plans, leveraging social channels, websites, booking engines and on‑property promotions.
• Industry Knowledge: demonstrated ability to stay ahead of F&B trends, technology and market shifts to drive innovation and elevate guest experiences.

Employer Culture

At IHG, we believe there's Room for You: Room to Grow (providing career development and learning opportunities), Room to Belong (fostering an inclusive environment where diverse employees can be their authentic selves), and Room to Make a Difference (empowering employees to have an impact on the guest experience and the business).

At Kimpton, our shared mission is to make lives better through heartfelt human connections.

This emotional investment drives all that we do, and it's why you'll love the work, too.

Our colleagues are empowered and encouraged to act from the heart, to go above and beyond to create ridiculously personal experiences for each other and our guests!

Our passion is YOU…come as you are!

Here, you will have space to be yourself bringing the real you to work, with your unique personality we want you to be who you are… Lead yourself – we trust you to make decisions and exert your creativity to provide our guests with heartfelt human connections, we trust you to do right! Make it count you matter, and we will provide you with all the tools you need in order to create ridiculously personalised experiences for our guests every day.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

Equal Opportunity

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants crafts unique destinations that kindle heartfelt human connections. Our bespoke spaces blend spirit, style and delight to create an addictive culture of refined irreverence where locals, visitors & colleagues seamlessly connect.

Don’t quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you’d be a great fit for the job? We’ll never know unless you hit the “Apply” button.

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