Resaurant Manager

Return to Life Lived Grand and Help Us Bring It to Our Guests

At Dumbleton Hall we do not simply run a hotel. We steward a great English manor a place where every guest is received as the honoured visitor of the family. Fires are lit dinner is served and life unfolds as it once did in the Golden Age of English country houses. Our team brings this story to life every day.

We are inviting passionate thoughtful and character-led individuals to join us in creating an experience unlike any other in the Cotswolds.

What Makes Us Unique

Dumbleton Hall offers layered colourful storied and personal touches. Our unique selling proposition is built on five pillars:

• Manor Life Rituals of welcome firelight garden and lake and gracious dining.
• Culture & Story A heritage woven through literature diplomacy and society.
• Countryside & Walking The Winchcombe Way at our gates and historic estates all around.
• Grand Tour Polish Refinement in service signage and dining.
• Romance From moonlit gardens to weddings honeymoons and love stories.

Our team members are custodians of these values shaping every touchpoint from arrival to farewell.

AsRestaurant Manager you are the director of the dining experiencecommanding the floor shaping the mood and ensuring each guests journey unfolds like a scene from bygone years where hospitality was your fist thought as you walk through the doors of Dumbleton Hall. When guests arrive the experience starts and exceeding expectations begins.

Youll be leading a team of like-minded charactersour exceptional service teamguiding them with flair passion and unrelenting attention to detail.

Youll be:

• A consummate host radiating elegance charm and confident leadership
• Fully flexible across 5 out of 7 days including a mix of shifts
• Passionate about hospitality taking pride in every detail
• Gifted in communication coordination and crafting unforgettable experiences
• Dedicated to team spirit and inspiring excellence in every corner of the venue

Responsibilities:

• Direct the daily restaurant performance ensuring smooth flow and a seamless guest journey
• Lead train and inspire a dynamic cast of kitchen and front-of-house stars
• Rising Stars with our teams are helped to gain confidence in their roles and we inspire our teams to achieve there very best every single day.
• Curate an atmosphere of excellencefrom service precision to ambient perfection
• Conduct pre-service briefings like opening night pep talks ensuring everyone knows their cues.
• Manage VIP reservations private soirées and bespoke experiences with grace and discretion.
• Working with Head Chef to ensure our guest are fully informed and communication flows seamlessly between.
• Command the stage of health safety and hygiene with impeccable standards
• Oversee rotas payroll and stockbehind-the-scenes magic that keeps the curtain rising
• Deliver performance reports and help hit KPIs like box office hits
• A life lived Grand is infused into our DNA and Hospitality if a focused on throughout our guests interactions with all teams.

Dining at Dumbleton

Our culinary offering completes the grand house-party experience. Seasonal British cooking Cotswold provenance multi-course tasting menus and the warmth of the Cedar Tree Restaurant define our approach. From high teas in the Oak Drawing Room to post-theatre nightcaps in the Library Bar our service is formal in ritual yet unpretentious in feeling.

If you take pride in craft generosity and genuine hospitality you will thrive here.

What It Means to Work at Dumbleton Hall

To work at Dumbleton Hall is to bring theHonoured Guest Manifestoto life:

• You welcome guests by name.
• You anticipate needs without intrusion.
• You offer service that feels personal cultured and effortless.
• You help create moments fireside garden-side tableside that feel grand yet warmly human.

Every role front or back of house contributes to the story we tell.

Who Were Looking For

We welcome individuals who are:

• Warm articulate and genuinely guest-focused
• Inspired by heritage storytelling and countryside hospitality
• Detail-oriented polished and proud of their work
• Eager to develop their craft in service dining housekeeping guest experience events and more
• Excited to join a growing team reshaping a manor house into the Gem of the Cotswolds

Hospitality experience is valuable but not essential the right character matters most.

Why Join Us

• Be part of a landmark transformation of one of the Cotswolds grandest manor houses
• Work with a team inspired by culture quality and guest delight
• Grow your skills within a storied English estate environment
• Contribute to experiences that guests will remember for life
• Enjoy staff benefits training growth pathways and the privilege of working in a historic romantic extraordinary setting

Being Bespoke:

Bespoke Hotels was founded in 2000 and has consistently grown to the point where we now manage over 9500 hotel rooms 8000 employees and 815 million of assets.

We stand today as the UKs Largest Independent Hotel Group owning a number of hotels and partnering with an ever-increasing portfolio alongside this. Every agreement we have is Bespoke by name and bespoke by nature. Our properties range from specialist golfing hotels to award-winning spa resorts and chic city centre properties.

We pride ourselves on a diverse roster and a unique individualised management style with over 90 management agreements across the UK alongside a further 30 management consultancy services and 100 hotels with sales & marketing services only.