Job Ref: MAY1258
Branch: Claridge’s
Location: Claridge’s Hotel, London (West)
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40
Posted date: 11/07/2025
Closing date: 11/10/2025
We are seeking an exceptional Bartender to join the Fumoir team at Claridge’s.
Set in the heart of Mayfair, Claridge’s is an art deco icon and a byword for understated elegance. Since the 1850s, Claridge’s has excelled at the finer things in life: glamorous design, inspiring dining, impeccable service. There are many 5-star hotels in London but nowhere quite like Claridge’s. The hotel is a unique combination of splendour and charm with long-standing connections with royalty that have led to it sometimes being referred to as “annexe to Buckingham Palace”. Claridge’s has a famous all-day dining and Afternoon Tea restaurant the ‘Foyer Reading Room’, L’Epicerie that offers a culinary theatre of the kitchen, and three bars: Claridge’s Bar, the intimate Fumoir and effortlessly elegant Painter’s Room.
Secreted inside the timeless glamour of Claridge’s art deco interior, The Fumoir bar is the quintessential hidden gem. Slip into this seductive space and let our expert bartenders introduce you to a treasure chest of liquid history. Here, era-defining cocktails are twisted, forgotten classics are reconstructed and new passions are ignited.

As a Bartender you will be responsible for:

• Creating memorable experiences for our guests, simultaneously ensuring that service is prompt and professional.
• Working with the Head Bartender and Bartenders to create cocktails that are timelessly classic.
• Fully conversant in serving cocktails, drinks and food to Claridge’s standards.
• Handling complaints in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensuring that licensing laws, health and safety legislation is adhered to.

Successful candidates for our Bartender opportunity will:

• Demonstrate genuine dedication to Claridge’s and show a commitment to consistent quality in our product and service.
• Provide intuitive service, with absolute understanding of our guests needs to create exceptional service experiences, that result in lasting memories
• Be motivated, creative and have worked in a similar role, within a five star or fine dining environment.
• You will have a passion for cocktails and quality products, be a team player who is an avid learner who wants to be challenged and developed.
• Be fluent in spoken and written English
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a pressured environment with the most demanding guests.
• Have exceptional product knowledge, specifically around classic Cocktails.

This is an exciting role for a talented individual who is looking for a new challenge and wants to join a fast paced and high performing hotel team renowned for their approach and delivery of unparalleled service.

MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES

• Preferential room rates of £50 per overnight stay for yourself or your family across Maybourne.
• Hotel Guest Experience Stay* including an overnight stay and wining and dining at our renowned restaurants and bars.
• 50% Food and Beverage discount* across Maybourne.
• Social events (Annual Awards, Summer Maybourne Picnic, Welcome to Work, Annual Colleague Party, Annual Colleague Children’s Party, etc.)
• Wedding and Baby gifts.
• Retirement functions.
• Terms and conditions apply to all benefits.
  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 as part of the recruitment process.
  Timeless Elegance in Mayfair
  Step into the heart of Mayfair and discover Claridge’s, an Art Deco icon that has epitomised understated elegance since the 1850s. Renowned for impeccable service, timeless design, and inspiring dining, this storied hotel offers signature suites and rooms with soaring views across London. From landmark restaurants to hidden-gem bars, every detail—from Afternoon Tea to cocktail hour—stirs the senses. There are many five-star hotels in London but nowhere quite like Claridge’s

• Creating memorable experiences for our guests, simultaneously ensuring that service is prompt and professional.
• Working with the Head Bartender and Bartenders to create cocktails that are timelessly classic.
• Fully conversant in serving cocktails, drinks and food to Claridge’s standards.
• Handling complaints in a timely and efficient manner.
• Ensuring that licensing laws, health and safety legislation is adhered to