1982-2022
Proud to be celebrating more than 40 years of Recruitment and Supply

Hospitality Recruitment

The Coverstaff hospitality division is the longest running department in the company. Since 1982 we have been providing top-quality staff to the hospitality industry across London. We are trusted by countless London hotels and hospitality businesses to fulfill their recruitment needs.

What we can provide

Whatever type of role you are trying to fill, we can help. We can provide staff for full-time, part-time or interim positions across the hospitality industry from waiters to management. Specifically we can provide the following services:

  • Head Chefs
  • Chefs
  • Chefs de Partie
  • Cooks
  • S/S Waiters
  • S/S Waitresses
  • Bar Stewards
  • Hostesses
  • Kitchen Porters
  • Banqueting Porters
  • General Assistants
  • Chambermaids
  • Linen Porters
  • Public Area Cleaners
  • Receptionists
  • Management Positions

If you are looking to fill a position that is not listed here, our consultants would still love to hear from you. We may still have the perfect candidate for you in our database.

As standard procedure and in compliance with IND legislation, full checks are carried out on employees, to ensure original documentation complies with IND list categories. All copies of documents are kept on file for future reference.

Staff training and courses

All staff provided by Coverstaff are fully compliant with all industry legislation and are trained in all aspects of catering from conference set up through to silver service.

All our members of staff will complete the Highfield safe food handling course. On successful completion they will be given the following:

  • Basic food hygeine certificate
  • Policy statement
  • Organisation
  • Hazard analysis
  • Food safety arrangements
  • Personnel
  • Preventative action
  • Silver service waiters/waitresses
  • Dress code
  • Menu briefing
  • Table set up
  • Buffet set up
  • Conference set up
  • รก la carte

Dresscode and standards

We ensure all Coverstaff employees are appropriately dressed and prepared for work. The following dress code is compulsory:

  • Waiter
    • Black trousers
    • White shirt
    • Black bow-tie & black tie
    • Black waistcoat
    • Smart black shoes
    • Clean shaven
  • Waitress
    • Black trousers or skirt
    • White shirt
    • Black bow-tie & black tie
    • Black waistcoat
    • Smart black shoes
  • Chef
    • Full chefs uniform
    • Chefs knives