Waitress/waiter

Restaurant Waiters - a great opportunity to grow your career

Our Country Creatures teams are well-rounded hosts, who have joined our teams knowing our reputation for fun creativity and being quintessentially Cotswold. Paying homage to our local farmers and country provenance, our restaurant team have their own foodie heroes and wax lyrical about our menus as they change with the seasons.

Our waiters will have similarly admirable foodie qualities, a love for great menus, a knowledge of seasonal produce, you’ll be a great dinner party host and a creative cook in your own kitchen. You’ll understand the importance of giving good hearted, genuine and attentive service in our restaurant and be able to coach our team to ensure we have fun and grow our knowledge as confident hosts.

You’ll be ensuring sections are managed appropriately and hosting feels almost effortless; bringing out the best in our team. You will be ultra-organised and efficient, ensuring rotas are planned and communicated well in advance with your team; with great interpersonal skills you will be able to recover any difficult service situations should there be any. We would expect you to learn from others and communicate well with the Bar and Kitchen, playing your part to ensure our guests leave happy and return soon.

Please send your CV and Cover letter explaining why you would be a great addition to our fun, friendly and hospitable team.

Important elements

To ensure great service, ensuring consistency

To communicate with the team and across all departments

To recover situations and provide solutions where needed

To create effortless and engaging service style

Essentials and Attributes

Knowledgeable and operationally skilled

Committed to high quality service standards

Precise, with good attention to small details and attentive

A great communicator with a sense of fun

An engaging host and an enthusiast for great food and hospitality

Organised and efficient

Interested and knowledgeable in wines & food and drink pairing

Come and work with us for:
A Competitive salary - depending on age & experience

Our Country Creatures Service Training with artisan producers and suppliers

Personal development

Opportunities to enhance your career within a network of other properties in the UK

Company Pension Scheme

Our generous holiday entitlement

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £8.60-£13.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 - 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Sick pay

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

**Experience**:

- Hospitality: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person