Host, Bar

We are currently seeking a warm, confident and self-motivated Host to join our Century Bar team.

Your working pattern will be 39 hours per week, across 5 days from 11am until 7.30pm.

The on target earning potential for this role is £35,414 / per annum - comprising a base salary of £27,114, plus a qualified estimate of £8,300 in gratuities and service charge.
* As a member of the Gleneagles team, you will also enjoy a fantastic range of perks, benefits and rewards

One of the world’s most iconic luxury hotels and country retreats, Gleneagles has been making memories for a century. Crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2024 Cateys and Number One Resort in the UK & Ireland by readers of the Travel + Leisure for their 2025 World’s Best Awards, everything we do is about surpassing expectations and creating unrivalled adventures for our guests.

We’re devoted to making our people feel as valued as our guests. In this way, we strive to support the whole ‘you’ – not just the professional part but the personal part too. People join our team for all sorts of reasons. Some work here permanently to develop a career, some work seasonally, while others have a schedule to fit around their personal commitments.

However long you plan to stay with us and whatever hours you’d prefer to work, we’re open to flexible working requests and offer hours, shift patterns and contract @types to suit everyone.

Location;
Auchterarder, just off the A9. Gleneagles is also within easy reach of a number of Scottish towns and cities:
Edinburgh City Centre (1hr), Glasgow or Dundee (50mins), Stirling and Perth (25mins).

• You’ll be delivering a warm and memorable welcome to the Century Bar for all our guests
• Proficient in host restaurant reservations and allowing for forward planning of table allocations on a daily basis;
  Maximising the usage of the bar seating and space available
• You’ll play a significant part in making sure our guests are well looked after and our service runs without a hitch
• Having excellent knowledge of menu offerings as well as the wider estate and facilities available to our guests, you’ll help recommend and advise on suggestions
• You’ll be responsible for highlighting to the team on a daily basis VIP guests and any specific dietary requirements
• Managing all enquiries relating to the bar reservations from throughout the resort
• You’ll be proficiently up selling and encouraging other team members to do the same at every opportunity
• Maintaining the highest standards of service, room preparation and presentation throughout our Century Bar
• You’ll take a keen interest in the operation and develop suggestions as to ways of increasing quality of service
• Interacting with our guests, always warm, professional, helpful and doing everything you can to exceed their expectations; playing your part in making their stay with us luxurious in every way

• Having had experience within a luxury hospitality environment would be ideal, however having a great attitude is essential
• Your perspective and approach are always fresh; no matter how many times an issue has been presented to you, to your guest it’s the first time
• You’re a sociable person; both towards the guests you’re looking after and your fellow colleagues
• You have a keen eye for detail, an organised approach and willingness to exceed guest expectations
• You want to be the best and work with the best – learning from the experts in our team and sharing your knowledge with us
• You have a high level of resilience and the ability to deal with fast-paced environments
• Highly motivated and possessing an immense sense of pride in your work;…