Restaurant & Bar Supervisor – Strong Bar Skills Needed Full Time | 5 days out of 7 | Monthly Tronc on top of salary Love a great restaurant, know your cocktails and enjoy leading a brilliant service? This could be the role for you. We’re looking for a Restaurant & Bar Supervisor to join the team at Bishopstrow – someone who can confidently lead a restaurant service, jump behind the bar when needed and help us create the kind of experience guests remember. You might already be a Restaurant Supervisor, Bar Supervisor or experienced Bartender looking for your next step. What matters most to us is that you’ve got good hands-on bar experience, confidence with cocktails, wines and spirits, and the personality to lead a team. A little about Bishopstrow Voted into The Times’ 100 Best Places to Stay, Bishopstrow is a whimsical country house hotel surrounded by 30 acres of beautiful Wiltshire countryside. We’ve got gorgeous bedrooms, a buzzing restaurant and bar, beautiful terraces, our kitchen garden and a spa that’s causing quite a stir. And we’re growing. New suites, exciting developments across the hotel and plenty more happening behind the scenes make this a brilliant time to join us.
What you’ll be doing
- Lead restaurant and bar shifts, keeping service running smoothly
- Support our Restaurant & Bar Manager with the day-to-day running of the department
- Get hands-on behind the bar – cocktails, wines, spirits, beers and everything in between
- Help maintain excellent standards of drink preparation and presentation
- Recommend drinks and confidently talk guests through our offering
- Support and train the team to improve their own bar and service knowledge
- Keep an eye on stock, wastage, cleanliness and bar setup
- Lead by example during busy services
- Help with inductions, training, rotas and team development
- Deal confidently with guest requests and resolve issues when they arise
- Share great feedback and keep the team motivated
- Bring your own ideas and experience – we genuinely want to hear them You’ll ideally have experience in a quality hotel, restaurant, cocktail bar or similar hospitality environment.
Most importantly, you’ll have:
- Strong bar experience
- Confidence making cocktails
- Good knowledge of wines, spirits and drinks service
- Previous experience supervising or leading a shift
- Great guest service skills
- Confidence working across both the restaurant and bar
- A positive, hands-on approach
- The ability to stay calm when it gets busy
- A desire to learn, develop and progress
You don’t need to know everything. If you’ve got the foundations, the personality and the ambition, we can help with the rest.
We’re a playful team who back each other, work hard and want people to feel comfortable being themselves. We care about our guests, our people and the wider community. And yes – we’re absolutely serious about giving people a bloody good time. See what we’re about: @bishopstrowhotel
What you get for being you
- Monthly Tronc payments on top of your salary
- Full-time role – 5 days out of 7 on a variable rota
- Free parking
- You’ll be fed by our chefs when you’re on duty
- Training and development opportunities
- Genuine progression opportunities across Kaleidoscope Collection
- Discounts on eating, drinking and staying across our properties
- 500 refer-a-friend scheme for full-time roles
- Work somewhere with personality and individuality
- Be part of a team where your ideas and experience are genuinely welcomed
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