Food and Beverage Supervisor

Job summary

Package Description: At The Hawthorns we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. We are now seeking a compassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Food and Beverage Supervisor at The Hawthorns of Braintree. ABOUT THE ROLE Your focus as Food and Beverage Supervisor is to support the Hospitality Manager ensuring that customer care and service are delivered in a consistent way, and that the home operates to the agreed standard regarding the catering service, whilst also ensuring that all Health and Safety measures are in place and adhered to within their area of responsibility. Other responsibilities will include: Liaising regularly with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to ensure all hydration and nutritional needs are always met. Supporting and deliv

Main duties of the job

The role of a Food and Beverage Supervisor at The Hawthorns involves supporting the Hospitality Manager to ensure consistent delivery of customer care and service. This position demands working closely with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to meet nutritional and hydration needs, ensuring a warm atmosphere in dining areas, and participating in theme planning for special events. Responsibilities also include training, supervising, and appraising staff. Ideal candidates will live by values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Prior team leadership experience, awareness of COSHH and CQC regulations, and relevant food safety qualifications are essential. This permanent position offers a salary of £13.00 per hour.

About us

Avery Healthcare operates The Hawthorns, a unique retirement model offering rental retirement properties for individuals seeking an independent lifestyle. The Hawthorns prides itself on providing exceptional service across its luxurious retirement homes, creating vibrant, community-oriented environments for residents to enjoy a rich and companionable lifestyle. This vision is achieved through engaging services and a commitment to fostering meaningful lives together. Avery Healthcare recognizes and celebrates its dedicated team members, providing opportunities for career development and access to leisure and retail discounts as part of their commitment to employees.

Details

• Date posted: 03 July 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £13 an hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 1523332311
• Job locations: Avery Healthcare, Tortoiseshell Way, CM7 1TD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

At The Hawthorns we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues,supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.

We are now seeking acompassionate, enthusiastic, and dedicatedindividual to join our friendly, award-winning team as Food and Beverage Supervisor at The Hawthorns of Braintree.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Food and Beverage Supervisoris tosupportthe Hospitality Manager ensuring that customer care and service are delivered in a consistent way, and that the home operates to theagreedstandard regarding the catering service, whilst also ensuring that all Health and Safety measures are in place and adhered to within their area of responsibility.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Liaising regularly with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to ensure all hydration and nutritional needs are always met.
• Supporting and delivering all catering services throughout the home ensuring that resident choice, dignity, confidentiality and safety are maintained.
• Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere in the dining areas throughout the home that is in line with the residents preferences.
• Liaising with the Hospitality Manager and Head Chef to provide imaginative and interesting themes for special events.
• Ensuring that staff are trained, supervised, and appraised accordingly.

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring,supportive,honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have awareness of COSHH and CQC regulations.
• Have previous experience in team leadership in a similar role.
• Demonstrate compassion, commitment, and leadership to the delivery of culinary services to residents.
• Have experience of working in a similar setting, restaurant or hotel would be desirable.
• Have relevant qualifications pertaining to the safe delivery of Food and Hygiene or Catering Services.

ABOUT HAWTHORNS

The Hawthorns is a unique retirement model that offers retirement properties to rent for couples or individuals who seek a rich, independent lifestyle, at beautiful locations across the country. The Hawthorns retirement villages are vibrant and companionable places; we eat together, we have fun together, and we live together. Our vision of creating meaningful lives together is reached by the exceptional service and experience we proudly offer throughout our portfolio of four luxurious retirement homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.