Food and Beverage Manager

Location

Located just 15 miles from Oxford, Old Swan & Minster Mill is in the picturesque village of Minster Lovell.

Consisting of both a quintessentially country English Inn, and a modern riverside hotel.

SERVICE CHARGE—We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel—every penny received is paid out to the team. Service charge can be in the region of £150 a month (close to £2000 per year) over and above base pay for a full‑time employee.

The Old Swan & Minster Mill offers a relaxed, fun yet professional environment to work in. Free parking is available on site, and we do offer discounted staff taxis for those that don't drive.

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Come and join our team as a Food & Beverage Manager and let your passion and personality shine.

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Food & Beverage Manager you will lead our restaurant team and ensure we always provide exceptional service to our guests, helping them make memories that last a lifetime.

As Food & Beverage Manager, you’ll oversee all food & beverage operations onsite including meetings and events, ensuring every area runs smoothly and delivers an exceptional guest experience and service. You will be the face of the business on the floor and your responsibilities will include:

• Managing daily operations across restaurants, bars, conference and events including weddings and private dinners
• Leading, training and motivating the F&B team— including recruitment, onboarding and rota management
• Planning and delivering events and functions throughout the year
• Monitoring stock levels, managing supplier orders and maintaining strong cost control
• Ensuring high standards of cleanliness, presentation, food hygiene and health & safety
• Managing administrative processes, staff records and digital systems
• Working closely with senior management to meet commercial and operational targets

This is a full‑time, permanent position, working 48 hours per week, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

• At least 2 years’ experience in a supervisory or management F&B role
• Conference and banqueting experience
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build, guide and motivate a diverse team
• Knowledge of stock management, cost control and menu pricing
• Excellent organisational, administrative and digital‑systems capability
• A guest‑focused approach with a passion for exceptional service
• Flexible, positive and able to adapt within a busy corporate or leisure environment
• Staff management including rota’s, training and development

If you’re a hands‑on Food & Beverage Manager seeking a rewarding role with variety, autonomy and the chance to make a genuine impact — we’d love to hear from you.

• We serve a lot of delicious dishes, so we ask that you get to know the menu, that way you can advise our guests if they ask for help.
• When we need new team members, you will recruit the best staff for your team.
• Have the pleasure of training our new staff to be as wonderful as our current staff.
• You spend a lot of your life at work, meaning often your colleagues become friends, and we encourage that. We want our employees to build close relationships across all teams.
• Ensuring all our guests have a memorable experience.
• We are one team, so we will all muck in from time to time, helping each other across departments.

Work/life, or as it should be called life/work balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us, so we can be flexible with you in return.

That’s right— we have a management bonus scheme at our hotels—for all Heads of Department positions and above. We’ll let you know all about this at the interview!

• Competitive pay – we are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a…