Casual Food & Beverage Assistant

Job title: Casual Food & Beverage Assistant

Company: Hand Picked Hotels


Job description: is a beautiful collection of 21 privately owned, luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location, from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breath taking views, from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands. With every need taken care of, the team at each hotel ensures every guest has a magical experience, encouraging them to return time and time again.Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE. Whilst each hotel is individual, every property fulfils the company values of family and community, Individuality, Care, Aiming Higher and Delighting our guest ensuring a hand picked experience for every guest and employees.We are currently recruiting for a Casual Food & Beverage Assistant at Audleys Wood Hotel, part of Hand Picked Hotels.Audleys Wood Hotel is a gorgeous AA awarded 4 star 68-bedroom, country house hotel surrounded by stunning woodlands and seven acres of lush private grounds. It boasts a 2 AA Rosette fine dining restaurant and a variety of function spaces making this a popular wedding and events venue.About the Role

• The role of a Food and Beverage Assistant involves preparing food and beverage service areas to Hand Picked Hotels standards ensuring high standards of presentation are always maintained.
• You will be expected to be able to hold a good level of knowledge regarding food menu items and availability, including main ingredients, allergens and preparation style.
• Be able to offer accurate and enticing product descriptions with recommendations based on guest preferences.
• Working enthusiastically alongside team members to achieve departmental goals.
• As Food and Beverage Assistant you will be expected to be able to maintain a basic knowledge of the wine list and stock availability.
• Understands the basic principles of food and wine matching, different grape varieties and predominant flavours.
• Most of all we will want you to be inspired, have fun and enjoy being part of our Hand Picked Team.

About you:

• To be considered for this role you will have current base knowledge and experience of food and beverage within a quality driven hotel, restaurant, or hospitality environment, and be able to work behind the bar making and serving drinks.
• You will be enthusiastic and willing to take on new responsibilities.
• Adopt a flexible approach to assist in different areas of the hotel as business and guest needs dictate.
• Having a high level of emotional intelligence, enabling you to be able to anticipate our guests needs ensuring they receive a Hand Picked experience.
• It is essential you can demonstrate how you would be able to deliver our guest experience standards at Hand Picked Hotels, which includes the ability to go above and beyond to ensure guests have a high-quality, personalised, and magical experience that they remember, recommend, and return to time and time again.

Company Benefits

• A competitive salary package of £13.82 per hour, plus a share of service charge.
• Meals and uniform provided.
• Free on site parking.
• Opportunity to make lifelong friendships and be part of team that celebrates Diversity and Inclusion.
• Hand Picked Hotels is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Expected salary: £13.82 per hour

Location: Hampshire

Job date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:34:43 GMT

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