Food & Beverage Assistant

**Food & Beverage Assistant - Maldron Newcastle**

**We have a fantastic new vacancy for Food & Beverage Assistant in the excellent Maldron Newcastle.**

Located on Newgate Street, Maldron Newcastle is in the heart of the city, providing a central location for guests who are looking for stylish and comfortable accommodation with Newcastle City at their doorstep.

The hotel has 265 rooms including double, twin, triple and family rooms, as well as executive rooms and fitness suite.

Guests and visitors to Maldron Newcastle can expect great food from the Grain and Grill Restaurant as well as Dalata Hotel Group’s own coffee brand, Red Bean Roastery, a signature blend of coffee prepared by expert baristas. The Grain & Grill Restaurant serves a refreshing menu of healthy and hearty meals designed to cater for all palettes using local suppliers to bring guests a taste of the Toon.

Guests can also sit back and relax in the outdoor courtyard area for alfresco drinking and dining. With friendly, helpful staff, good food and excellent facilities, the hotel is the perfect place to enjoy good times with family and friends.

There’s also four state of the art conference room and event facilities available, offering an easily accessible city centre location for anyone holding a meeting room or event in Newcastle.

**Objective of the Role**

Reporting to the Food & Beverage Supervisor, the F&B Assistant will provide a friendly and efficient service to the hotel guests.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Regular guests are known and greeted accordingly using their name.
- Ensure a good working knowledge of food and wine. Be able to make recommendations.
- Be friendly, courteous and professional at all times.
- Up-sell and maximise sales revenue whenever and wherever possible.

**Benefits**:

- Staff Friends & Family Rates across all Dalata Hotels
- F&B Discounts 25% across all Dalata Restaurants
- SAYE share scheme
- Earn extra holidays each year
- FREE use of the Gym
- Eldon Square Discount card
- FREE meals on Duty
- Refer a Friend scheme
- Dalata Training Academy and Development Courses
- Rewards & Recognition
- Employee Assistance Programme - Including FREE support & Counselling Sessions
- Weekly treats
- Birthday Gifts
- FREE tickets to Theatre shows, basketball, football games & much more

**Requirements**:

- Previous hotel experience in a 3/4 star hotel property is desired but not essential.
- Previous experience in a high volume/ fast paced environment.
- Fluent English and excellent communication skills.
- Micros Experience would be preferable.

**About our culture**:
Dalata Hotel Group - Ireland’s largest hotel group has a number of exciting positions on the horizon. As Dalata continues to grow and expand in Ireland and the UK it’s more important than ever to have the right team alongside us, in the near future we will be opening the doors of new hotels creating many jobs and investing millions in the Irish and UK economy.

We lead through our Dalata values of “Our People, Our Fairness, Our Service and Our Individuality”. If you have the right attitude and energy you will have great opportunities to progress within the group. Our company is a place where you can do great things - individually and as a team. You will have the opportunity to develop your talent, be recognised and rewarded for your commitment and pursue a fulfilling career. We also have a number of unique and recognised training programmes to aid your professional and personal development and pride ourselves on creating an objective, supportive and fair working environment for our employees.

**_Dalata Hotel Group Plc is an Equal Opportunities Employer._