We're looking for an Assistant Food & Beverage Manager to join our team and help oversee all F&B operations across our hotel. From breakfast service to banqueting dinners, you'll ensure every detail is perfect and every guest leaves delighted.
- Support the F&B Manager in running all F&B departments: restaurant, bar, room service, conferences, and events.
- Lead daily briefings and ensure smooth communication across departments.
- Deliver outstanding guest experiences with a focus on quality, consistency, and service excellence.
- Lead and inspire the food & beverage team across restaurant, bar, and events operations.
- Drive operational excellence, compliance, and guest satisfaction.
- Coach and develop the team, fostering a culture of warm hospitality and high standards.
- Monitor budgets, stock control, and labor costs while driving sales through upselling and promotions. You'll have proven experience managing in high‑end hospitality in a management role and are a natural leader with a sharp eye for detail and a genuine love for guest service. A calm, confident and solutions‑focused attitude is essential, even when pressure is high.
We're looking for someone with ambition to grow into the next management role. We will support your journey through management courses, mentoring and coaching. The role requires working a variety of shifts across restaurant, bar, conference or events, so flexibility and professionalism are key.
Location: Cottons Hotel & Spa, a 4‑star hotel renowned for exceptional service and an award‑winning one‑rosette restaurant. Located just outside Knutsford, the hotel offers award‑winning spa and gym facilities, business services, comfortable bedrooms and a locally sourced menu.
In return, we are offering a rewarding role with scope for career progression along with the following benefits:
- A fun environment where you will receive training and support to develop and progress.
- Stream – the ability to access up to 40% of your wages as you earn them each week.
- Tips paid monthly.
- Free gym membership and discounted spa treatments.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
- Apprenticeships available.
- 28 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years).
- Discounted accommodation, food and drink in our beautiful properties across the country.
- Pension and life assurance.
- Long service awards including free meals and free stays with your friends or family.
