Wedding Catering Manager
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
- Hours: Contracted to a guarantee of 40 hours per week over 5 shifts on average per week throughout the year.
Salary & Pay Rate:
- Annual Salary:£33,800 (based on 40 hours per week)
- Hourly Rate: £16.25 (The role is paid at an hourly rate for all hours worked)
Location:
- Bredenbury Court Wedding Venue, Bredenbury, HR7 4TD
If you take pride in creating moments that matter and believe that leadership means serving each other just as much as the bridal couple, clients and guests, you are the type of person that will thrive at Jenkinsons. At Jenkinsons running unforgettable weddings means leading with empathy, adapting at pace, and making confident decisions every day.
If being part of something bigger inspires you, there’s nothing greater than helping deliver someone’s most important day, their wedding day.
The type of person that will do well in the role is someone who’s is ready to expand their leadership responsibilities while staying close to or get back to the day to day delivery of weddings or FOH Restaurant responsibilities. We value the judgement and experience of our people in making informed decisions that are right for Jenkinsons, blending operational expertise with a clear sense of purpose and accountability.
About the role
As the Wedding Catering Manager for Bredenbury Court, you will be the local leader in delivering high standards, memorable weddings, and managing a team who cares as much about the guest experience as you do. You’ll have accountability for business performance, people experience, and operational execution, all with direct support from the Venue Operations Manager and wider Central Support Teams
The Wedding Catering Manager will carry overall responsibility for service touchpoints, complex issue resolution, staff development planning, and quality control for all venues under your remit.
working on wedding events setting the tone for team culture and guest experience. You’ll run approximately 2 weddings per week on average with the rest of the week made up of business management tasks (other weddings at the venue being ran by Managers under your structure). You will oversee standards delivered by your Managers and Supervisors under your control to deliver venue specific operational excellence, ensuring all administrative, service, compliance, recruitment and training, are consistently met.
The role of a Jenkinsons Wedding Catering Manager?
●You’re a business unit manager first, balancing people, operations, and profit in real time proactive about standards, imaginative about solving problems, and capable of acting on data and feedback.
●You’re a business unit manager first, balancing people, operations, and profit in real time proactive about standards, imaginative about solving problems, and capable of acting on data and feedback.
● You adapt quickly, lead with empathy, support others and you expect to be challenged and to challenge others. Emotional intelligence and high resilience are essential in this people focused yet high pressure setting.
● You know hospitality sector from compliance and rota planning to service delivery, and keeping FOH and kitchen aligned and up to a high standard. Even under the pressures of an intense wedding season.
● Confidence with business management approach for running your wedding venue and influencing people decisions. You aren’t just managing your own team but are also key in how venue teams, third-party suppliers, and client contacts work in sync.
● This’s a role for someone who balances fairness, process, and smart judgment thriving when clear rules meet real life judgment calls, rather than rigid process alone.
The type of person who will do well as a Jenkinsons Wedding Catering Manager
● Ready to serve in every sense including bridal couple, guests, team, and the company mission.
● Strong operational awareness and the ability to balance people needs with business and operational priorities.
● Creative yet practical, never losing sight of the guest experience.
● Inclusive team builder, whether drawing in junior staff or collaborating with client venue managers.
● Appetite for impact: you want to influence how a high-profile weddings venue runs and sets new standards.
● Adaptable, with stamina for high volume and pace, but balanced by strong organisational and emotional skills.
● Brings an unbiased, professional, and business-minded approach tailored to the specifics of the wedding venue environment and workforce.
● Ability to create and actively manage partnerships with existing clients, guests and management, including other organisations (Venue Event Managers and Venue Owners), to best meet guest needs and maximise potential business opportunities.
About Jenkinsons
We are a family run business, trading for over 60 years with an open-door culture and supportive colleagues, who uphold our strong ethical values. Jenkinsons has become a leading provider of catering in Stafford and surrounding areas. Our wide range of services supports every occasion,
We are a pro-active growing company with career opportunities, excellent off and on the job training, and a positive enthusiastic team. We value our team, and we respect the talents and passion that each member of it brings to the company. If you believe you have what it takes to be a catering professional, we would be delighted to hear from you and give you the opportunity to join the team.
Examples of career development and promotional opportunities can be seen throughout Jenkinsons. Across the catering teams, 5 out of 8 Venue Catering Managers began their career as Catering Assistances and a further 2 joined the company as an Assistant Manager before working their way up to Venue Catering Manager. Examples can also be found within the Central Support team as the Head of Venue Operations and Venue Operations Manager all gaining valuable experience as a Catering Assistant.
Benefits
● Employee Benefit scheme
● We value work-life balance.
● Time off over Christmas holidays including Christmas eve, Christmas day, and boxing day)
● Great location at top end wedding venues
● Pension (with contributions from Jenkinsons)
● Excellent career progression
● Fully structured support for all new starters available
● Paid training provided for all training undertaken
● Paid by BACS every week
● Employee Assistant Program
Jenkinsons Caterers is an Equal Opportunities Employer that welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £16.25 per hour
Work Location: In person
