A REWARDING CAREER

Careers with Hawksmoor are among the best. We offer generous pay, extensive benefits, award-winning restaurants, fantastic career opportunities and some of the happiest people in the business (as voted by the people who work here). We are proud to be the only restaurant group to be named in the Best Companies to work for list every year since 2012.

We want to offer you a great job, that is good for your career, and a really good environment to work in. We are constantly working on creating a strong culture to support and reward our teams and to make sure we remain a brilliant place to work.

THE BASICS

In addition to your basic pay, our service charge goes to the people who work in the restaurants including everyone who works in the kitchens. We give everyone reasonable hours, flexibility wherever we can and daily staff meals on shift. We want you to feel you can be yourself at work, so if you are Front of House, you can wear your own clothes to work. Time off is important: you will have 28 days to take (including Christmas Day and Boxing Day off), and you will be also be paid service charge on your breaks and holiday days.

PERKS AND BENEFITS

We want you to experience our restaurants as a guest and for you to be proud to bring your friends and family so we’ll give you 50% off food. You can make your money go further with access to our benefits platform, including money off shopping, holidays, gym membership, insurance and lots more, through our employee package with BHN Extras. You also have access to free private GP appointments and a BUPA cash plan with money back on dentist, opticians, physio, prescriptions and more. We’re also proud to partner with Wagestream, who offer a range of financial benefits to help you manage your money more effectively. And if you’re as passionate about giving back to the community as we are, we offer 20 hours of paid volunteering to use for any cause that’s close to your heart.

DEVELOPMENT

We will invest in your development. Our training programmes range from ‘How to cook the perfect Steak’ to Anti-harassment and Inclusive Behaviours. We organise hands-on training through an annual trips calendar visiting suppliers, farms, vineyards and even charcoal forests. We run an industry leading management development programme which includes learning core coaching and leadership skills. By the time you’ve worked your way through it all, you’ll have all the skills you need to be a great General Manager or Head Chef (or even to run your own restaurant!). We also offer qualifications in WSET (with our own WSET qualified teachers that work in our restaurants), Health & Safety, Food Safety and HR. Our training menu proudly offers something for people at every level as we aim to fill 80% of our management jobs through internal promotion. In partnership with Kelly’s Cause, we also provide Mental Health First Aid training to ensure there are first aiders in each restaurant, and mental health awareness training is also available at any level.

SUPPORT FOR YOUR LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WORK

We offer enhanced paid company maternity and paternity leave to help you care for new family members. To provide peace of mind, we sign everyone up to our income insurance, life assurance and employee support schemes with Hospitality Action and Help@Hand from day one of your employment. These give you, and your immediate family members, free access to legal advice, financial support and unlimited face-to-face counselling sessions. We also work very closely with Kelly’s Cause, a hospitality specific Mental Health charity to ensure we’re able to provide the right support for people when they need it.

We are immensely proud of being the only restaurant to be selected in the Best Companies list for 10 consecutive years - not because it’s a lovely award (which of course it is) but because it is decided by the people that work here. So, you don’t need to take our word for it! If you want to know what working at Hawksmoor is like, we'd always encourage you to speak to someone who already works here for an honest view.