Job Ref: 13208
Branch: The Lampery - Seething Lane
Location: The Lampery, London
Salary/Benefits: Excellent company benefits perks.
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: Flexible
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 12/06/2026
Closing date: 26/07/2026
Why Join Apex Hotels ?
You’ll be welcomed into Apex Hotels with genuine warmth as you join us as a Private Dining Events Manager in London. From your very first day, you’ll be part of a team that truly cares, where people feel valued, included, and connected. We love individuality - it’s what brings the spark, the curiosity, and the human touch to every interaction.
Role Overview:
As the Private Dining Events Manager with Apex Hotels, you will be an innovative and passionate private dining and events manager who enjoys creating a lifestyle FB vibe. The role will include leading and being accountable for our Room Service offering and standards, with additional shifts in our restaurant. This role is based at our Lampery Seething Lane branch, with additional support and assistance with our other London properties.
- Assist your FB Manager in the Delivery of outlet profit targets:
- By ensuring you and your team provide outstanding service, decreasing the need to have to offer any refunds due to complaints
- Ensuring engaging upselling techniques are implemented in order to increase sales
- Being a stickler for ensuring Productivity and tight controls on payroll spends, in line with Revenues
- Reviewing key metrics and performance indicators with your manager and ensuring suitable action is taken and trained into your teams to ensure better results
- Working with your manager to ensure that Daily / weekly payroll/food/beverage cost analysis in accordance with forecasted and materialised revenues to ensure optimal performance and immediate overspend correction
- To train and develop a multi skilled team that delivers payroll flexibility with minimal hierarchy
- Collaborative work with the events department
- Review of all feedback post Private Dining Events functions
- Support in Proactive involvement in Sales familiarisation trips and customer tastings to ensure personalised experiences and drive value. Ensuring Private Dining rooms are always set to the Highest standards, including periods when not in use, ready for show arounds
- Ensure private dining rooms are always set to the highest standards
- meet and greet event organisers and guests to ensure all needs are taken care of
Starting the Journey
On your first day you'll begin a structured 12 week learning journey, giving you the skills, knowledge, and confidence to be a great Private Dining Events Manager. With this in mind, we're looking for a Private Dining Events Manager who:
- Provide clear and influencing communicator able to interact at all levels
- Loves great customer service and an eye for standards
- Possesses a sales, service and profit driven mentality
- Builds and develops a guest centric team
- Experience at management level in the Food/Bar service sector.
- In-depth knowledge of Restaurant and Bar functions including stock control, cellar management, Restaurant operation, bar operation and customer service.
- The ability to lead and motivate a team of Supervisors and Assistants in service delivery.
- Previous experience in recruitment, coaching, training and performance management of staff.
- Excellent understanding of Licensing Law, Health Safety and Allergen Legislation, ideally a Personal License holder or suitably qualified
You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:
- 29 days holiday
- Training and development from day one
- Employee events and celebrations
- Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
- Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
- Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working.
- Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
- Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
- £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.
Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive ……
- Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
- Involvement in our employee recognition schemes
- Long service recognition
- Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
- 50% discount in our restaurants
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
- Spa treatments and product discounts
- Life Assurance cover
Come and join our team, guided by our values of trust, friendliness, teamwork, and passion - the good stuff that makes hospitality feel effortless. Here, you’ll shine in your own way, creating joyful moments that lift the everyday.
Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.
If this is you, click apply, we look forward to hearing from you !
