Named best place to work in hospitality by The Sunday Times, The Botanist is on the hunt for some of the finest beer gurus, chefs and servers to join the team at the new look Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre, as it prepares to open its doors later this month.
Opening on Monday, November 26, the new bar and restaurant is set to become THE place to enjoy creative cocktails and fantastic food.
Vacancies include bar tenders, servers, chefs, runners, kitchen porters, sous chefs and head service coaches.
General Manager Matt Dudgeon said: “Not only are we a team, we are a family and we take on people because of their positive personalities.
“When we open a new site, concoct a new cocktail, create a new dish, or welcome a customer, it’s really about discovering fresh happiness. From new starters to managers, suppliers or customers, our goal is to make people happy. We do it by taking pride in our work and by bringing fun and excitement to each new day.”
Part of the New World Trading Company, with seven brands and 20 venues across the country, the firm employs more than 1,000 people across the UK.
Employees told The Sunday Times they loved the free food for staff on shift, enhanced paternity and maternity benefits, a training day that champions
personal development, as well as grants for courses and personalised training programmes.
And it’s not just The Sunday Times that’s highlighted that the company is going places, accolades include winning Best Pub Operations Team, Best Pub Employer (501 plus employees), Best Drinks Offer and Business Leader of the Year to Chris Hill, Chief Executive Officer of NWTC in the 2018 Publican Awards.
The firm also scooped The Retailers’ Retailer Awards 2018 for the fastest growing company. And Chris Hill was recognised at the Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2018 for the ‘Trailblazer of the Year’ – the only category nominated directly by the judges, all of which as renowned industry leaders.
The company takes pride in nurturing talent, helping its staff realise ambitions and foster an enthusiastic and happy workforce. It also champions individuality encouraging each member of staff to let their own personality shine through, treasuring quirks and authenticities.
New staff get two weeks of intensive training, helping them to get familiar with The Botanist products and menus. They also get assigned into one of six tribes, building up points to earn extra days holidays as well as having fun and engaging in friendly competitions.
The Botanist in Coventry is set to bring a secret garden of food and drink, in a unique and quirky spot in Cathedral Lanes Shopping Centre with a striking interior of walls adorned with flowers, trees and vines as well as intriguing antiquities, trinkets and treasures.
It will serve up an array of botanical-infused cocktails, local gins, world famous beers and ales and a variety of classic pub food as well as deli sharing boards and meat feasts against a backdrop of the latest live music.
For more information visit: The Botanist Coventry.
