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About the Role
As Head Bartender for the pre-opening team of Delano London, you will be a senior craft and service presence, primarily in Rose Bar, helping establish the drinks culture, standards, and energy of a key social space.
Responsibilities
- Lead by example behind the bar, delivering consistently excellent cocktails, drinks, and guest interactions.
- Support the Bar Manager and Assistant Bar Manager in establishing recipes, specifications, mise en place, and service standards for the opening.
- Guide bartenders and bar backs during service, allocating tasks, maintaining pace, and ensuring the bar remains organised and guest-focused.
- Develop deep knowledge of the cocktail list, spirits, wines, beers, and non-alcoholic offer and communicate that knowledge with confidence and personality.
- Engage guests naturally, make thoughtful recommendations, and help create the atmosphere and social energy of Rose Bar.
- Ensure every drink is prepared to specification with strong attention to taste, presentation, glassware, garnish, and temperature.
- Maintain excellent opening, closing, cleaning, and stock rotation standards and ensure mise en place is always service-ready.
- Support stock counts, requisitions, transfers, and wastage controls and flag variances or shortages promptly.
- Coach and train the bar team on techniques, recipes, product knowledge, and responsible alcohol service.
- Work closely with the floor team to maintain smooth ticket times, communication, and table service.
- Support events, VIP moments, menu tastings, and beverage activations across Food & Beverage.
- Maintain full compliance with licensing, food safety, Health & Safety, and company procedures.
Requirements
- Strong senior bartender or head bartender experience in a premium cocktail bar, luxury hotel, or high-quality lifestyle venue.
- Excellent cocktail technique and broad knowledge of spirits, wine, beer, and contemporary non-alcoholic drinks.
- Care about consistency and detail, understanding that great bars are also about personality, pace, and connection.
- Confident training and guiding other bartenders and enjoy sharing knowledge.
- Organised, clean, and disciplined in mise en place and stock management.
- Stay composed during high-volume service and communicate clearly with both bar and floor teams.
- Flexible to work evenings, late nights, weekends, and key hospitality moments.
Skills
- Cocktail technique
- Spirits knowledge
- Wine knowledge
- Beer knowledge
- Non-alcoholic drinks knowledge
- Guest engagement
- Communication
- Training
- Stock management
- Team guidance
Location
- London
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-Time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Access to a range of colleague benefits
- Hotel stays and experiences across the wider group
- Opportunity to work within a global community of distinctive lifestyle and hospitality brands
About the Company
- Opening in late 2026, Delano London brings the spirit and celebrated heritage of the iconic Delano Miami Beach to London, reimagined for a new generation.
- Set overlooking Kensington Gardens, the hotel will feature 67 rooms and suites, Lana Lusa, the legendary Rose Bar and Rose Lounge, alongside The Source wellness offering.
- Delano is a place where personality, creativity and genuine connection come together.
- We value curiosity, individuality and a sense of fun, creating an environment where our people can be themselves while delivering thoughtful, intuitive and genuinely warm hospitality.
- Delano London is part of Ennismore, a global collective of entrepreneurial, founder-built brands rooted in creativity, culture and community, and a joint venture with Accor.
- Joining Delano London means being part of something from the very beginning.
- It is an opportunity to help shape the next chapter of an iconic brand, work alongside an ambitious and creative team and play a part in creating a hotel that feels distinctly Delano from day one.
- Be part of the team bringing an iconic brand into its next chapter.
- At Delano London, personality counts, ideas are welcomed and everyone plays a part in creating something memorable.
- We work hard, make it fun and look out for one another, with opportunities to learn, grow and build meaningful relationships across Delano, Ennismore and Accor.