Recruitment Consultant
Location: Longridge
Salary: £32,500 per year + commission
Employment Type: Full-Time
Are you passionate about hospitality recruitment and ready to make a real impact in the hospitality sector? At Mint Bespoke, our permanent recruitment division, we’re looking for a Recruitment Consultant to join our growing Desk. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy building strong client relationships, and love matching top culinary talent with the right opportunities, this could be the role for you.
Mint Bespoke specialises in placing high-quality back-of-house professionals – from Head Chefs and Sous Chefs to Chef de Parties and senior kitchen talent, to General Managers and Front of House Superstars – into leading hospitality businesses across the UK. As the Desk continues to grow, we’re looking for a driven and organised recruiter who can manage the full recruitment lifecycle and deliver exceptional results for both clients and candidates.
Competitive salary of £32,500 per year + commission
Work within a supportive, experienced team focused on quality permanent recruitment
Clear career development and progression opportunities
Partner with some of the best hospitality businesses across the UK
Flexible working options to support work-life balance
Company laptop and phone provided
You’ll take ownership of permanent recruitment across the Permanent Recruitment, managing client relationships and candidate pipelines from initial brief through to placement. This is a hands-on, end-to-end recruitment role where quality, service, and long-term partnerships matter.
Manage the full 360° permanent recruitment process for back-of-house chef roles
Source, screen, and place high-quality culinary professionals
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and candidates
Proactively develop new business opportunities within the hospitality sector
Use job boards, LinkedIn, social media, and industry networks to attract top talent
Conduct interviews and present detailed candidate profiles to clients
Manage urgent and confidential vacancies with professionalism and pace
Maintain accurate records on internal systems
Previous recruitment experience (hospitality or chef recruitment highly desirable)
Strong client management and business development skills
Excellent communication skills, particularly when engaging with chefs
Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple roles and deadlines
Proactive, resilient, and commercially minded
A genuine passion for hospitality and long-term recruitment partnerships
Mint People: Flexible Hospitality Staffing That Just Works.
At Mint People, we provide fully trained, highly presentable, and dependable staff to the hospitality, leisure, and events industries. Whether it’s one bartender for a last-minute shift or 150 staff for a stadium event, we’re trusted by some of the UK’s best hotels, venues, and operators to deliver quality people – fast.
With over 10 years’ experience, we’ve become known as one of the most reliable and forward-thinking staffing partners in the North – and beyond. From front-of-house professionals to kitchen porters, housekeepers to event managers, our people are trained in-house through our 5-star onboarding and briefing programme to ensure they’re ready to hit the ground running.
Our clients come back year after year because we understand how unpredictable hospitality can be – and we’re built to flex with it. We’re proud to work with national hotel groups, global event brands, leading caterers and independent operators, offering:
• Fast, flexible staffing solutions – no long contracts or tie-ins
• Fully trained, presentable and prepared people
• Front and back of house cover – including chefs, kitchen teams, bar staff, waiters, housekeepers and more
• Festival and stadium-scale team deployment
• National reach with local knowledge
• On-site support and account management
Our quality promise? We only send people we’d trust to represent our own brand – because they are our brand.
If you need staffing support that’s consistent, stress-free and built around you – you’re in the right place.
Mint People – We've got you covered.
