Food and Beverage Assistant (Placement 1 year)

In a Nutshell

We are actively seeking a 1 year Food & Beverage Placement for our hotel in Winchester, Lainston House, part of the Exclusive Collection. This role will start in the summer for a 48 week 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 on each area and what you can expect to experience.

Lots to do but lots of fun

Bar and Restaurants

This department consists of The Avenue, providing an intimate, elegant restaurant for dinner 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 new restaurant which offers a unique 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, snake service, champagne and canapé receptions. For the conference side of the business there will be coffee stations, break out 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
Our successful Food & Beverage Placement student will be/ have;

• Currently studying a relevant degree in Hospitality or_ Hotel Management_.
• A passion for pleasing to ensure our guests has a happy experience.
• Previous experience as a Food and Beverage Assistant / Waiter/ess (preferable but not essential)
• An interest, and appreciation for Food & Beverage
• Confident communicator – important to liaise with your guests and your other team members.

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:

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

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 48 weeks

Salary: £25,271.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Physical setting:

• Hotel

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Exclusive Collection has been following the government guidelines to ensure all our employees and guests remain safe during the pandemic.

Application question(s):

• Are you eligible to work in the UK?

Experience:

• Hospitality: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: LHH/FB Pla
Expected start date: 01/07/2023