Your role

As Food & Beverage Director, you will be a key member of the hotel’s Executive Team and hold full strategic and operational responsibility for the Food & Beverage division. You will lead, inspire, and direct all F&B operations, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, strong financial performance, and consistent alignment with The Standard’s brand standards and creative vision.

You will oversee the end-to-end management of all restaurants, bars, banqueting, and events, setting the overall direction while remaining hands-on and highly visible within the operation. You will ensure that service quality, product consistency, and guest satisfaction are delivered at the highest level, while driving profitability and maintaining tight control over budgets, forecasts, and performance indicators.

You will be accountable for all operational standards, including the execution of Banquet Event Orders (BEOs), service delivery, menu quality, and cost management. Proactively identifying guest needs, you will manage feedback and resolve issues swiftly and professionally, ensuring a seamless and memorable guest journey across all F&B touchpoints.

As a senior leader, you will build, lead, and develop a high-performing management team, including Restaurant Managers and the Assistant F&B Director. You will oversee recruitment, onboarding, training, succession planning, and performance management, conducting regular reviews and annual appraisals. You will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, creativity, and versatility, encouraging open communication and strong cross-departmental relationships.

Working in close partnership with the Executive Chef, you will define and execute the overall F&B strategy, ensuring culinary and beverage concepts remain innovative, relevant, and commercially successful. You will ensure strict compliance with all hygiene, health, and safety regulations, with particular focus on HACCP standards.

You will take ownership of financial performance, closely monitoring payroll, food cost, beverage cost, revenue streams, and productivity metrics. You will analyze results, prepare detailed management and variance reports, and implement corrective actions and improvement plans where required. You will represent the F&B division in executive and service meetings and play an active role in high-level decision-making for the hotel.

This is not a standard F&B Director role. You will need exceptional personality, resilience, and stamina. You are highly social, confident, and charismatic; comfortable in a high-volume, high-energy lifestyle environment; and equally effective strategically and operationally. You lead from the front, thrive under pressure, and are passionate about people, service, and creating unforgettable experiences.

Do you have what it takes to be our F&B Directoru202fat The Standard, Brussels?

A minimum of 5 – 7+ years’ experience in a senior F&B leadership role (F&B Director, Senior F&B Manager, or equivalent) within a similar Lifestyle Hotel or large 4 or 5 star Hotel in Brussels or the Benelux region is essential.

In addition to this, the ideal candidate will also…

Have an in-depth understanding of the Brussels hotel and hospitality market, including F&B trends, concepts, and consumer expectations

Be a confident, proactive, and commercially minded leader with strong strategic and project management skills

Demonstrate proven experience leading multi-outlet F&B operations and managing senior management teams

Be flexible with working hours and genuinely hands-on when required

Have extensive experience producing and analyzing monthly revenue, forecast, and performance reports for both Corporate Office and Private Ownership

Be highly proficient with hotel and F&B systems such as Shiji, Opera, and related platforms

Possess exceptional attention to detail, with strong administrative, financial, and Excel skills

Be fluent in English, with French and/or Dutch strongly preferred

We are defined by our richness of personality and diversity of background and lifestyle, so if you think you have what it takes to be F&B Director at The Standard, Brussels, we’d love to hear from you.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the European Union. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required prior to commencing employment.

Your role

As Food & Beverage Director, you will be a key member of the hotel’s Executive Team and hold full strategic and operational responsibility for the Food & Beverage division. You will lead, inspire, and direct all F&B operations, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, strong financial performance, and consistent alignment with The Standard’s brand standards and creative vision.

You will oversee the end-to-end management of all restaurants, bars, banqueting, and events, setting the overall direction while remaining hands-on and highly visible within the operation. You will ensure that service quality, product consistency, and guest satisfaction are delivered at the highest level, while driving profitability and maintaining tight control over budgets, forecasts, and performance indicators.

You will be accountable for all operational standards, including the execution of Banquet Event Orders (BEOs), service delivery, menu quality, and cost management. Proactively identifying guest needs, you will manage feedback and resolve issues swiftly and professionally, ensuring a seamless and memorable guest journey across all F&B touchpoints.

As a senior leader, you will build, lead, and develop a high-performing management team, including Restaurant Managers and the Assistant F&B Director. You will oversee recruitment, onboarding, training, succession planning, and performance management, conducting regular reviews and annual appraisals. You will foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, creativity, and versatility, encouraging open communication and strong cross-departmental relationships.

Working in close partnership with the Executive Chef, you will define and execute the overall F&B strategy, ensuring culinary and beverage concepts remain innovative, relevant, and commercially successful. You will ensure strict compliance with all hygiene, health, and safety regulations, with particular focus on HACCP standards.

You will take ownership of financial performance, closely monitoring payroll, food cost, beverage cost, revenue streams, and productivity metrics. You will analyze results, prepare detailed management and variance reports, and implement corrective actions and improvement plans where required. You will represent the F&B division in executive and service meetings and play an active role in high-level decision-making for the hotel.

This is not a standard F&B Director role. You will need exceptional personality, resilience, and stamina. You are highly social, confident, and charismatic; comfortable in a high-volume, high-energy lifestyle environment; and equally effective strategically and operationally. You lead from the front, thrive under pressure, and are passionate about people, service, and creating unforgettable experiences.

Do you have what it takes to be our F&B Directoru202fat The Standard, Brussels?

A minimum of 5 – 7+ years’ experience in a senior F&B leadership role (F&B Director, Senior F&B Manager, or equivalent) within a similar Lifestyle Hotel or large 4 or 5 star Hotel in Brussels or the Benelux region is essential.

In addition to this, the ideal candidate will also…

Have an in-depth understanding of the Brussels hotel and hospitality market, including F&B trends, concepts, and consumer expectations

Be a confident, proactive, and commercially minded leader with strong strategic and project management skills

Demonstrate proven experience leading multi-outlet F&B operations and managing senior management teams

Be flexible with working hours and genuinely hands-on when required

Have extensive experience producing and analyzing monthly revenue, forecast, and performance reports for both Corporate Office and Private Ownership

Be highly proficient with hotel and F&B systems such as Shiji, Opera, and related platforms

Possess exceptional attention to detail, with strong administrative, financial, and Excel skills

Be fluent in English, with French and/or Dutch strongly preferred

We are defined by our richness of personality and diversity of background and lifestyle, so if you think you have what it takes to be F&B Director at The Standard, Brussels, we’d love to hear from you.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the European Union. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required prior to commencing employment.