Restaurants, bars and hotels across Worcestershire are urgently looking for a job boom for the ailing hospitality industry.
Jobs for bar staff, chefs, managers, and more are on the cards as the venues plan for a surge in guest attendance for the summer and locals enjoy the expected new freedoms starting July 19.
Table reservations related to the Euro soccer tournament have already helped give pubs a taste of what’s to come if the Covid restrictions are eased further. While hotels at tourist attractions in and near Worcestershire, such as Stratford-upon-Avon and Malvern, have reported an increase in overnight guests replacing the lost trade from overseas, particularly America.
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Chefs are particularly in demand. Marston’s-owned Meadow Farm on Dagnall End Lane, Redditch, is recruiting chefs and an assistant manager, while four-star The Abbey in the vacation hotspot of Malvern is recruiting a living commission chef. Bistrot Pierre in Kidderminster is looking for a Commis Chef and Junior Sous Chef.
Job vacancies include bar staff for the new venue The Dry Spy in Bromsgrove, Bramley Cottage pub in Redditch, Casa Med tapas restaurant in Bromsgrove town center and Lyttelton Arms in Hagley. A job at Lyttelton is run by Premium Country Pubs and offers 33% off all of its brands, including Miller & Carter and Toby Carvery.
Hickory’s Smokehouse chain is on a recruiting campaign including various assistant and assistant manager roles in branches in Worcester, Evesham and Great Malvern.
Lyttelton Arms in Hagley has jobs that are discounted for Miller & Carter and Toby Carvery restaurants.
The luxurious Billesley Manor Hotel and Spa in Alcester, on the border of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, has vacancies including a cocktail bartender and a chef. Marketing and Sales Director Laura Murphy of the Prestige Hotel said: “We only managed to open the hotel for two and a half months in August last year, but now we are really open from May and like many hospitalities are recruiting more staff.” Venues in the same boat . “
William Bradley, Landlord of The Alma Tavern in Worcester, said: “Every game in England has left us booked up and we’ve noticed that people really want to get out, be it for a drink with friends or a meal at theirs Air bubbles. We look to the future with hope. “