Front of House Manager

A leading coeducational independent school, offering an international curriculum from multiage 3 through grade 12 in Nagykovácsi near Budapest. Catering for over 800 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of full lunch offering plus an all day coffee shop. This is a term time operation working 44 weeks per year. The operations runs mainly Monday to Friday, with some hospitality over the weekends on occasion.

We are looking for a Front of House Manager to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Nagykovácsi.

You will ideally have previous experience of working within a fast-paced catering environment as a catering supervisor or events supervisor, you will be looking to take your career to the next level and progress into a managerial role.

You will enjoy what you do, working with a great team, for a company fanatical about food serving wonderful customers.

Key responsibilities:

• To support the management team with supervising all front of house staff in conjunction with carrying out general catering duties such as basic food packaging and handling.
• Help set up and prep the daily salad bar and cold fruit dessert preparation, setting up the main counters, arranging the clearing station and service area.
• Ensure all cutlery is polished , cups and trays are ready serving customers, ensuring all menus are written and have correct allergen information.
• Conducting daily briefing before service in conjunction with the Head Chef.
• End of day duties to include the clear down of the service area with support of the catering team.
• An extremely high level of cleaning and service standards are required for this role.
• All relevant due diligence is correct including temperatures and cleaning schedules to be signed of by FOH Supervisor. Support Chef/Manager with general admin as required.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.

You will have the following skills:

• Excellent customer service skills
• An all-round team player
• Organised with attention to detail
• Confident in leading a team

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in Hungary to be considered for this role.

A clear Hungarian Police Clearance Certificate (known as Bűnügyi Nyilvántartási Igazolás) or an Official Certificate of Good Conduct (Hivatalos Erköcsi Bizonyítvány) will be required for this employment.