Job Title Head of Restaurants

Job Type Hotels

Employer Type Boutique Hotel

Location Newbury

Job Description
Head of F&B at The Retreat, Elcot Park


We are looking for a driven, talented Head of F&B at The Retreat, who will have an influential leadership role in driving a team to deliver an exceptional dining experience. We are committed to making each and every guest experience unequivocally brilliant, so if you have what it takes, we would love to meet you!
The hotel is part of the newly formed Signet Collection which is on an exciting journey to acquire, refurbish and relaunch stylish boutique hotels. The Retreat – Elcot Park being the second property in the portfolio and was recognised by The Times & The Sunday Times as ‘The Best Hotel in the UK 2022’.
We are looking to build our following further by continuing to dedicate ourselves to the quality of our fresh and local food, our impressive standard of service which we work tirelessly to maintain, and of course our talented team who strive to create both an enjoyable working environment and a perfect guest experience.

You will be:

• Committed to outstanding service and have natural hosting skills
• An inspirational leader
• Able to motivate a team to deliver an excellent guest experience
• Approachable and passionate with an enthusiastic, positive manner
• Able to lead F&B meetings and briefings, plan ahead and create effective strategies
• Ensure company standards are consistently delivered and HODs deliver the relevant training to our team members
• Recruit, manage, train and develop the Food and Beverage team
• Set departmental targets and objectives, work schedules, budgets, and SOPs
• Evaluate guest satisfaction levels with a focus on continuous improvement


You will have:

• A natural ability to deliver impeccable guest experience.
• The desire to grow and develop your team members
• Proven managerial experience in a similar role within the hospitality sector
• A desire to learn and develop job related knowledge
• A real passion for food & wine and service standards of excellence
• An eye for attention to detail
• Business acumen to help drive revenue growth
• The ability to convert turnover into profit by reaching set KPI’s.

We offer:

• An excellent salary package; with achievable bonus payouts
• Fun and a professional work environment
• Opportunity to grow and develop
• Professional training opportunities
• Supplier trips and visits, UK and abroad
• Flexibility to move within the Group
• Generous Long Service Awards
• Discounts across the business
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• 28 days’ holiday plus, an extra holiday on your Birthday!
So, if this inspires you and you would like to be a part of our team on this exciting adventure, we would love to hear from you!

Salary £55,000 plus package

Reference JM Retreat

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