Food & Beverage Manager

We're looking for a Food & Beverage Manager to lead one of the most visible parts of The Gantry as the hotel continues to evolve its food, drink, meeting spaces and private dining offer. This is a role focused on leadership, team development and commercial performance, building an operation that feels confident, consistent and aligned with the direction of the hotel. With new meeting spaces launching and private dining becoming a growing part of our business, this is an opportunity to help shape how guests, clients and teams experience The Gantry. The Role You'll lead the overall food and beverage operation across restaurant, bar, private dining and meeting spaces - ensuring the experience is consistent, commercially focused and aligned with where the hotel is heading. This is a leadership role centred around team development, operational direction and commercial performance. This includes:

• Leading the F&B operation across all guest-facing spaces
• Supporting the launch and development of new meeting spaces and private dining experiences
• Building, developing and mentoring a confident, forward-thinking team
• Driving consistency in service standards and guest experience
• Managing staffing structures, rotas and payroll control
• Driving revenue, spend and departmental profitability
• Working closely with Kitchen, Rooms and Commercial teams
• Supporting the wider repositioning and growth of the hotel
  
  You already understand what strong hotel F&B operations look like and know how to build teams that deliver with confidence and consistency.
You are:
• Comfortable leading within a fast-moving lifestyle or London hotel environment
• Commercially aware, with a strong understanding of labour, revenue and profitability
• A confident leader who develops and empowers teams
• Organised, detail-focused and operationally strong
• Calm under pressure and able to adapt quickly
• Focused on creating an experience that feels considered, confident and commercially successful
  
  Food & Beverage ManagerThe Gantry Hotel London 40 Celebration Avenue, East Village, London, Inner London, E20 1DB, The Gantry is a design-led hotel in Stratford, part of Hilton's Curio Collection. With a growing meeting spaces offer, evolving private dining experiences and a strong F&B identity, the hotel is entering its next phase.
This is a hotel reshaping its spaces, building new revenue streams and creating a more defined guest experience across the business. For the right person, this is an opportunity to help lead that evolution., Cairn Group is one of the UK's leading hotel management companies, working with globally recognised brands across a growing portfolio of hotels and hospitality businesses. Joining Cairn means becoming part of a business that values individuality, entrepreneurial thinking and career development, while giving leaders the autonomy to make a real impact within their hotels.


• Competitive salary and Service Charge
• Bonus and incentives
• Hilton and Cairn Group benefits and discounts
• Development opportunities within Cairn Group