Head of Restaurants
- Employer
- Dining at Glyndebourne
- Location
- Lewes, East Sussex
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 20 May 2022
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- Sector
- Hospitality & Catering, Front Of House, Restaurants
- Function
- Hospitality
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time, Part Time, Flexible, Seasonal
Job Details
Head of Restaurants
With three restaurants, two bars, exclusive private dining rooms and fabulous picnics, our dining department offer high-end catering facilities to compliment this magnificent venue.
We are recruiting for the Summer Opera Festival and Glyndebourne Tour, operating from May until October 2022. During the festival we are open for up to seven days a week.
We are looking for a Head of Restaurants to join our team overseeing all restaurants on site whilst taking full ownership of our middle and Over Wallop fine dining restaurant, currently in partnership with Michelin starred chefs, Chris and Jeff Galvin.
We are looking for a highly capable and personable candidate with the leadership skills and drive to contribute positively to our business.
As well as exceptional customer service skills, successful candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to both manage and work within a diverse team.
Great organisational skills are essential along with the ability to work calmy under pressure whilst overcoming problems and resolving issues efficiently.
Site-specific training will be completed prior to the start of the season, however prior management experience in a fine dining or hospitality setting is essential.
Company
Work For Us
Interested in working for a great catering team?
In the world of opera, Glyndebourne is unique. It is recognised globally as one of the great opera houses. Its productions travel worldwide, are performed live in other opera houses and screened in cinemas from New York to Tokyo.
Yet it remains a very English institution. The opera house stands next to the country home of John Christie, who founded it in 1934. Now run by his grandson Gus, it is still very much a family concern. Its Festival audiences arrive from far and wide and an extended interval gives them time for an evening meal. Many choose to picnic in the garden. Some sprawl on rugs, others bring tables, candlesticks and ice buckets. Almost all wear evening dress.
Such eccentricities are part of Glyndebourne's charm. But its global reputation stems from a passion for artistic excellence. Founder John Christie insisted on doing "not the best we can do but the best that can be done anywhere". For over 75 years, that has remained Glyndebourne's touchstone.
With three restaurants, two bars, private dining rooms and and catering facilities for staff and performers, Dining at Glyndebourne offer high–end catering to perfectly compliment a day at the opera.
How to get here:
By car
Take the M23 towards Brighton then the A27 towards Lewes. To avoid Lewes town centre pass over the first roundabout and at the second roundabout turn onto the A26 Tunbridge Wells road. Just after leaving Lewes fork right onto the B2192, and take the next right turn before Ringmer village, signposted to Glyndebourne. Free parking is available on site.
By train
The nearest station is Lewes. There is now run a shuttle coach service during the Festival between Lewes train station and Glyndebourne
Visit our Website: https://www.diningatglyndebourne.com/
- Website
- https://www.diningatglyndebourne.com/
- Location
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Glyndebourne Opera House
Part of the Compass Group
New Road
Ringmer
East Sussex
BN8 5UU
GB
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