About This Role
This key management position involves overseeing the food and beverage operations of Velvet Bar, Brasserie & Event Space, including a fully refurbished Village Brasserie opening in early 2027. The role suits an experienced hospitality leader with exceptional mixology skills, a commercial mindset, and a proven ability to lead teams and drive results.
Responsibilities
- Drive sales, maximise revenue opportunities, and improve overall profitability
- Manage labour costs, rotas, stock control, gross profit, wastage, and operating expenses
- Monitor performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and take decisive action
- Drive average spend through effective upselling, product knowledge, and exceptional service
- Lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team
- Set clear expectations, maintain accountability, and address poor performance promptly
- Recruit, train, and retain capable team members
- Build a professional, positive, and results-focused working culture
- Ensure every team member understands their responsibilities and consistently delivers the required standards
- Demonstrate excellent hands-on cocktail-making and mixology skills
- Maintain outstanding standards of cocktail quality, consistency, speed, and presentation
- Possess strong knowledge of classic cocktails, premium spirits, cocktail techniques, and flavour profiles
- Train and develop the team to deliver the same high standards
- Contribute to drinks menu development, innovation, and beverage sales growth
- Maintain control of daily operations across the bar, brasserie, and event space
- Lead busy services confidently and ensure appropriate staffing and preparation
- Maintain excellent standards of service, cleanliness, compliance, and presentation
- Resolve guest complaints professionally and protect the reputation of the business
- Ensure licensing, food safety, health and safety, and operational procedures are followed
- Support the continued development of the operation as the Village Brasserie progresses through its full refurbishment
- Contribute to operational readiness and the planned early 2027 opening
- Help establish the people, service standards, and commercial focus required for continued success
Requirements
- Previous experience as a Food & Beverage Manager, Bar Manager, Restaurant Manager, or in a comparable senior hospitality management position
- Excellent practical mixology skills (ability to make cocktails to a high standard, not simply understand the theory)
- Proven experience leading, managing, and developing hospitality teams