Sommelier

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Calling all aspiring Rotters! Do you want to taste the best wines in the world every day? Do you want to be part of our world class training programme? Do you want to join a team of enthusiastic wine lovers? If the answer is yes, read on.

Sommelier

You’ll have spent a few years working at a restaurant with a recognised wine list as a waiter or sommelier and have genuine warmth and a love for providing great hospitality. You’ll have a thirst for knowledge and will be motivated to become the best wine professional you can be. You’ll have a good awareness of the producers we feature in our magazine and on the list.

You’ll work a section on the bar floor or restaurant, providing the highest standards of table service to our customers while selling from our constantly changing wine list. Off the floor, you will assist with the organisation and administration of the wine program.

Work somewhere exceptional

Noble Rot is one of Britain’s foremost places for people serious about a career in food, hospitality and wine. Started in 2013 as a genre‑disrupting independent magazine that has played a huge role in helping to make the world of artisanal wine more accessible to a younger, broader audience, many of our senior staff have been drawn from as far away as Australia and California by Noble Rot’s strong sense of purpose, and its industry leading training and staff development schemes.

Working at Noble Rot’s three restaurants means being a part of a professional, dynamic, people‑loving, gastronomically obsessed culture where everyone is constantly learning from each other. We always employ ambitious career‑driven people on a permanent, full‑time basis and we take great pleasure in helping to nurture the next generation of passionate hospitality professionals.

Benefits

• Training on new wines, twice a day.
• A new blind bottle to taste at the end of each day.
• Internal fine wine training programme held throughout the year (recent sessions include: Battle for the Soul of Barolo, St Julien: Leoville vs Leoville vs Leoville)
• A regular calendar of in‑house visits from winemakers and industry leaders.
• Opportunities to visit wineries throughout the UK for pruning, harvest and tastings.
• External wine training including WSET wine qualifications (including Diploma & Educator Programme) & Master of Wine.
• You decide your weekly hours with most people deciding to join on 6 shifts/45hrs per week (£41 000 – £43 000 pa) or 7 shifts/50hrs per week (£46 000 – £48 000 pa) (tronc inclusive).
• Industry leading rates of pay with all tronc returned to staff.
• Fully paid breaks & holidays (basic & tronc for every hour)
• Paid overtime (basic & tronc for every hour)
• Discounted wine & 50% off food when eating in at any Noble Rot.
• Company pension.
• A wide range of career development opportunities.
• A rota written 3 weeks in advance to give you time to plan your life.
• 28 days holiday that includes service charge.
• Sundays off.

If you think this sounds like the job for you, we can\’t wait to hear from you.