Bartender in Egham

Bartender

Great Fosters Hotel, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9UR

The Role

Working in our Cocktail Bar with enviable views overlooking the beautiful gardens. The Bar is open throughout the day offering a relaxing environment for guests to enjoy coffee, drinks, afternoon tea, aperitifs & digestifs. To ensure service is available to guests throughout the day there are a variety of shifts over a five‑day week, 45 hours per week.

Main Duties

• Ensuring the Bar is stocked and ready for each service period.
• Ensuring the Bar and Lounge are well presented, ready for guests’ arrival.
• Ensuring all the pre‑preparation for service is completed.
• Meeting and greeting guests entering the bar.
• Establishing guest needs and taking orders.
• Preparing both alcoholic and non‑alcoholic beverages including cocktails.
• Tray service of drinks across the service areas.
• Service of light lunches, afternoon tea and snacks in the bar lounge.
• Liaising with the Estate Grill & Tudor Pass in relation to guests who are taking pre‑dinner drinks and awaiting their restaurant reservation.
• Taking payment for all food and beverage served or arranging for charging to resident guests’ accounts.
• Adhering to the Mystery Guest Standards for the Bar.
• Ensuring effective clear down of work area at the end of the shift.
• Balancing your till and guest charges.
• Ensuring the guest areas are left in a presentable state at the end of your shift.

Requirements

• 5 days per week, flexible shifts covering a variety of early and late shifts totalling 40 hours per week (9:30am with the late shift starting between 1pm and 3pm depending on finish time of any events/weddings).
• Smart appearance, excellent communication skills with a passion for guest service.
• Experience within a quality food/beverage service hotel/restaurant is required.

The Benefits

• 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 with service.
• 8 Bank holidays.
• Free car parking.
• Employee uniform.

In addition you will benefit from discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels, discounted hair treatments and treatments at our two Utopia Spas, discount off all food & beverage at all hotels, discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas.

Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme. In addition you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1‑yr, 3‑yr and 5‑yr anniversary including: birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday.