Jobs and Vacancies in the UK Pub Trade

There are lost of different types of pubs and bars insome of the finest restaurants which means for the
the UK as historically we tend to live and breathe forgeneral public there is no need to go to an expensive
socialising in Britain which has lead to a massive choicefine dining restaurant to get the best food.
of pubs and bars to work in, but obviously they canSo what are the main differences between working
differ a lot ranging from a drinking bar through to ain gastro pub or working in a top restaurant?
gastro/food pub.Basically in terms of staff, a pub will often have pub
Whatever position you are looking for, be it in amanagers jobs or head barman but in a restaurant
trendy city bar, perhaps as a bar manager or maybethey will have a head of food and beverage but the
you are searching for a head chefs position in arest of the staff team is generally the same. On the
county pub, there are still lots of jobs out therefood side of things they are often very similar in the
which are not necessarily hard to find. People do stillkitchen, especially if they both serve high quality
visit pubs to eat quality food even these daysfood.
perhaps more so than to just drink alcohol. NowRestaurants generally have one type of cuisine that
there is often more profit to be made on food thanthey specialise in, maybe for example Italian or
there is in drinks so more and more pubs are keen toFrench, but gastro pubs often tend to serve a wider
offer food as part of the pubbing experience thanvariety of food from the classics list, and might
perhaps they were a couple of decades ago.include curries through to classic fish & chips,
It is now a trend for famous people and chefs tolegs of lamb and juicy steaks. The food can bemore
look at pubs/bars to make their next profitablerustic to go with the pub's theme especially if it is a
investment or overall acquisition. Examples of thesemore traditional country pub and restaurants are
are Gordon Ramsay who bought a pub a few yearsoften more clinical but somewhere people go to have
ago and Chris Evans who now owns 3 high qualitydinner in a more intimate and quiet environment but
gastro pubs in the South East. Plus food in theseagain this can depend on the culture and tradition of
types of gastro pubs quite often rival the quality ofthe food it is offering.