Restaurant Manager

Dumbleton Hall; Evesham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A historic manor house in the Cotswolds is seeking passionate and thoughtful individuals to join a dedicated team, providing exceptional service to guests. Candidates will direct restaurant operations and lead a team while creating unique guest experiences reflective of the manor's heritage. A welcoming and flexible attitude is essential. This role offers staff benefits, growth opportunities, and the chance to thrive in a unique and extraordinary setting.

Benefits

Staff benefits

Training and growth pathways

Historic manor setting

Qualifications

• Hospitality experience is valuable but not essential; character matters most.
• Ability to deliver personal, cultured, and effortless service.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily restaurant performance and ensure a seamless guest journey.
• Lead and train kitchen and front-of-house staff.
• Manage VIP reservations and guest experiences with grace.

Skills

Guest-focused communication

Leadership

Attention to detail

Team spirit

Job description

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Return to Life Lived Grand - and Help Us Bring It to Our Guests

At Dumbleton Hall, we do not simply run a hotel. We steward a great English manor - a place where every guest is received as the honoured visitor of the family. Fires are lit, dinner is served, and life unfolds as it once did in the Golden Age of English country houses. Our team brings this story to life every day.

We are inviting passionate, thoughtful, and character-led individuals to join us in creating an experience unlike any other in the Cotswolds.

What Makes Us Unique

Dumbleton Hall offers layered, colourful, storied, and personal touches. Our unique selling proposition is built on five pillars:

• Manor Life- Rituals of welcome, firelight, garden and lake, and gracious dining.
• Culture & Story- A heritage woven through literature, diplomacy, and society.
• Countryside & Walking- The Winchcombe Way at our gates and historic estates all around.
• Grand Tour Polish- Refinement in service, signage, and dining.
• Romance- From moonlit gardens to weddings, honeymoons, and love stories.

Our team members are custodians of these values - shaping every touchpoint, from arrival to farewell.

You'll be:

• A consummate host, radiating elegance, charm, and confident leadership
• Fully flexible across 5 out of 7 days, including a mix of shifts
• Passionate about hospitality, taking pride in every detail
• Gifted in communication, coordination, and crafting unforgettable experiences
• Dedicated to team spirit and inspiring excellence in every corner of the venue

Responsibilities:

• Direct the daily restaurant performance, ensuring smooth flow and a seamless guest journey
• Lead, train, and inspire a dynamic cast of kitchen and front-of-house stars
• Rising Stars with our teams are helped to gain confidence in their roles and we inspire our teams to achieve there very best every single day.
• Curate an atmosphere of excellence-from service precision to ambient perfection
• Conduct pre-service briefings like opening night pep talks, ensuring everyone knows their cues.
• Manage VIP reservations, private soirées, and bespoke experiences with grace and discretion.
• Working with Head Chef to ensure our guest are fully informed and communication flows seamlessly between.
• Command the stage of health, safety, and hygiene with impeccable standards
• Oversee rotas, payroll, and stock-behind-the-scenes magic that keeps the curtain rising
• Deliver performance reports and help hit KPIs like box office hits
• A life lived Grand is infused into our DNA and Hospitality if a focused on throughout our guests' interactions with all teams.

Dining at Dumbleton

Our culinary offering completes the grand house-party experience. Seasonal British cooking, Cotswold provenance, multi-course tasting menus, and the warmth of the Cedar Tree Restaurant define our approach. From high teas in the Oak Drawing Room to post-theatre nightcaps in the Library Bar, our service is formal in ritual yet unpretentious in feeling.

If you take pride in craft, generosity, and genuine hospitality, you will thrive here.

What It Means to Work at Dumbleton Hall

To work at Dumbleton Hall is to bring the Honoured Guest Manifesto to life:

• You welcome guests by name.
• You anticipate needs without intrusion.
• You offer service that feels personal, cultured, and effortless.
• You help create moments - fireside, garden-side, tableside - that feel grand yet warmly human.

Every role, front or back of house, contributes to the story we tell.

Who We're Looking For

We welcome individuals who are:

• Warm, articulate, and genuinely guest-focused
• Inspired by heritage, storytelling, and countryside hospitality
• Detail-oriented, polished, and proud of their work
• Eager to develop their craft in service, dining, housekeeping, guest experience, events, and more
• Excited to join a growing team reshaping a manor house into the Gem of the Cotswolds

Hospitality experience is valuable but not essential - the right character matters most.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a landmark transformation of one of the Cotswolds' grandest manor houses
• Work with a team inspired by culture, quality, and guest delight
• Grow your skills within a storied English estate environment
• Contribute to experiences that guests will remember for life
• Enjoy staff benefits, training, growth pathways, and the privilege of working in a historic, romantic, extraordinary setting

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9,500 hotel rooms, 8,000 employees and £815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UK's Largest Independent Hotel Group, owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name, and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels, to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique, individualised management style, with over 90 management agreements across the UK, alongside a further 30 management consultancy services, and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.