Assistant General Manager of Michelin starred restaurant with rooms in the Lake District

Job Description

Time for a life change? Fancy moving into the beautiful, wildness of the Lake District? Want to be part of an exciting team that wants to be the best they can be?

The Cottage In The Wood, our Michelin starred restaurant with 8 cosy bedrooms near Keswick, is looking for an Assistant General Manager to help us continue with our trajectory.

You will be working directly with the owners, Jack and Beth Bond to help them achieve their vision. Your day to day job will be assisting Beth with the running the hotel and restaurant. Example duties are as follows:

• Managing the restaurant floor team, and assisting with the management of housekeeping & office, and helping Jack with the kitchen team
• Using the ‘Unreasonable Hospitality’ framework with our guests and team
• Ensuring rooms are clean, fully stocked and maintained to our high standard
• Creating a warm experience, starting with checking in guests to their room
• Running a smooth restaurant service, set up and close down
• Ensuring steps of service are being carried out in a warm yet purposeful service style
• Leading daily briefings, and weekly trainings sessions
• Managing employee reviews
• Overseeing ordering, expenditures and stock levels across the business
• Assisting with staff rotaring and recruitment
• Building relationships with suppliers, local makers and farms
• Pushing forward our sustainability initiatives 
• Be ‘on call’ via Emergency phone when guests are staying over

On top of your salary, you will receive service charge and free accommodation on site!

Will you meet us in the woods soon?

Job Requirements

This is an life changing role for someone looking to immerse themselves in fine dining, top tier guest experience and team management.

We are looking for the right person to help us in our business. That person will be/have:

• Empathetic, warm and fair management style
• Detail and process driven
• Calm under pressure and a service superstar
• Experience at Michelin/fine-dining/or a similar calibre restaurant
• Passion & knowledge about restaurants/food/wine/cocktails with a sustainable edge
• Have previous management experience
• Be ambitious, and want the best for them and their team
• Be ready to jump in (sometimes literally) to life in the lakes

Job Location

The Cottage In The Wood
Whinlatter Pass
Braithwaite CA12 5TW