Rick Stein Restaurants launch flexible careers scheme

The Rick Stein restaurant group is diversifying hospitality career options ahead of a busy summer season, offering people with varied experience levels the chance to work flexibly, with no commitment on hours or shifts. 

Participants are being given the chance to join the team for as little as one shift a week, effective across all restaurants in Cornwall, London, Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. 

Co-founder and company director Jill Stein OBE wants to welcome everyone to the hospitality industry, regardless of their previous experience. Adopting a more inclusive approach to recruitment, Rick Stein Restaurants hopes to attract talented people of all backgrounds to help address the staff shortages currently seen across UK restaurants.

Founded in 1975, the family-run group includes seven restaurants, hotel accommodation and self-catered properties, a café, a bar, a coffee shop, a pub, a fish and chip shop and a deli. Roles across a range of the sites include chefs, hosts, retail assistants, hotel receptionists, waiting staff, porters and kitchen porters.

Part-time and flexible members of the team will enjoy all the same benefits as those working more hours, including service charge, paid holiday, 50% discount in the restaurants, and more. 

"We know that hospitality is a hugely rewarding career, and we welcome people from all walks of life to experience that, without personal circumstances getting in the way," says Jill Stein. 

"I am so proud that we’re broadening our horizons, moving with the times and offering people the chance to join our team on a basis that works for them."

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