Assistant Manager

Bar Finch is an all-day bar and restaurant on Cork Street, in the heart of Mayfair. It is owner-operated and small in scale, taking its lead from the classic Italian aperitivo bar and serving well-made classics, a proper drinks list and old-school European service in a room of quiet, understated luxury. We are open from breakfast through to the aperitivo hour, five days a week. We are a small business and we want Bar Finch to be a place people are glad to come to work. We hold high standards and we keep them without shouting or drama, on the view that good work comes from a calm, well-run and respectful environment. We train our people properly, we promote from within, and we look after the team with a proper benefits package and welfare support. Our team has trained at St John, The Maybourne Group, The Birley Clubs, Chez Panisse, Rules and Andrew Edmunds amongst others. The role As Assistant Manager (Demi Chef De Salle) you will be the right hand of the Restaurant Manager (Chef De Salle) co-ordinating the waiters and runners during service and maintaining the high standards of the restaurant. Check the mise en place of the restaurant before the service, ensuring all standards are met. Run a section during service as the senior member of the staff. This is a small restaurant and you will need to work on the floor, but you will also be responsible for the opening or closing of the restaurant in the absence of the restaurant manager. Monitor the upkeep of the mise en place and decor of the restaurant, coordinating with the Premier Maître D'hôtel to ensure standards are kept to the highest level. What we are looking for Head Waiter or Junior Management experience, ideally in a quality restaurant. Commitment & Responsibility to the restaurant, we will take great care of you if you care for us. An interest in food, wine and cocktails, or a real eagerness to learn it. A natural, generous manner with guests. Attention to detail and composure when it is busy. Reliability, good timekeeping and a smart, tidy presentation. Developing with us We will teach you our wines, our drinks and our way of doing service, with supplier visits and tastings along the way. Pay and benefits Paid holiday in line with statutory entitlement (28 days pro rata, including bank holidays). Pay: £13.50 basic, plus a share of the Service Charge dependant on your experience. A staff meal on every shift. An excellent benefits package, including free staff welfare support from Hospitality Action. Cost price wine purchasing. Structured training, with supplier visits, tastings and events. Genuine career progression in a growing, owner-operated business. TPBN1_UKCT