Job Ref: HEA3166
Branch: Doubletree by Hilton London Kensington
Location: Doubletree by Hilton London Kensington, London (South West)
Salary/Benefits: £13.33 hourly, service charge, retention bonus and other benefits
Contract type: Casual
Hours: Part Time
Shift pattern: Variable shifts including late bar close and weekends.
Hours per week: 0
Posted date: 26/06/2026
Closing date: 26/07/2026
Hilton is the world's most recognised hospitality brand and the largest upscale hotel operator in Greater London. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Food Beverage Team Member to join our team at the ‘Doubletree by Hilton in Kensington’. This is a prestigious 4-star property located in bustling Kensington.
As a Food Beverage Team Member, you will ensure that the restaurant and bar operate efficiently and profitably while maintaining their reputation and ethos. You are responsible for the business performance of the restaurant, as well as maintaining high standards of food, service, and health and safety. By tailoring each guest’s experience to their unique tastes, you will create memories as delightful as the dishes.
Your day-to-day
- You will welcome our guests, recommend food and drink and help keep service on track and up to standard
- You will be the face of the outlet, communicating with the kitchen and the guests alike ensuring a smooth and memorable experience
- Have a visible presence within the outlet to ensure that all customer requests and queries are responded to promptly and effectively and points learned from complaints are used to enhance future customer service
- Deal with guest complaints in a friendly and efficient manner, ensuring guest satisfaction at all times.
- Ensure all products are served according to Hilton standards;
- Ensure the restaurant areas are maintained in a clean and orderly manner at all times;
- Ensure accurate billing
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the all-day menu items and daily specials
- Ensure a high standard of personal hygiene and personal presentation at all times.
- Work in a safe and tidy manner and report any hazard, accident, loss or damage to management.
What we need from you
- Complaint handling skills
- Good presentation and appearance
- Excellent verbal communication Skills
- Customer care skills
- Working in a team
- Flexible working shifts
- Willing to multi-skill and support other areas of the hotel
Why you should apply
We offer market-appropriate salary, retention bonus plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:
- Service-based annual leave (increasing up to a maximum of 5 extra days)
- Employee Friends/Family discounted rates at Heeton-operated hotels and Hilton GO
- Referral scheme
- Life Assurance, Income Protection and Employee Assistance schemes
- Numerous voluntary benefits, including buy holiday scheme, Cycle to Work, Eyecare, Career Break, Buy Annual Leave and Wedding Leave
- Heeton is an expanding company which offers excellent career, training, and development opportunities
- Exclusive access to the employee recognition reward scheme - Heeton Rewards
In line with the requirements of the Asylum Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates for the recruitment process.
A stylish central London hotel with a Georgian façade, meeting facilities, free Wi-Fi and a chic restaurant. Doubletree by Hilton Kensington is just steps from Gloucester Road Tube station, from where it is six minutes to national rail and coach connections at Victoria station and eight minutes to Paddington station. Enjoy a night at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, 13 minutes walk from the hotel. Exibitions at the Natural History Museam, Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are withn easy walking distance and is a five minute taxi ride to Harrods and the shops of Knightsbridge.
