hospitality & catering staffing specialists

We are the sibling company of Appetite4recruitment.

Complementing its big brother’s Permanent only focus, Appetite 4 Work specialises in providing quality temporary staffing solutions to the hospitality, catering and events industry from our bases in London and Godalming (Surrey).

WHO? Mike Gardner Managing Director

Mikes career began washing dishes in his local pub progressing to work in every department from kitchen management to restaurant. He went on to study International hospitality management at Bournemouth University, working at various high end catering establishments and Bars.

After working for a holiday company in Greece and Spain, Mike landed his first job in hospitality recruitment with Berkeley Scott running a busy temp events desk quickly progressing through the ranks ending up as Operations Director for both temporary and permanent recruitment overseeing up to 1000 temporary workers at any one time.

Mike has now launched Appetite4work as a Niche business focussed on quality and service.

WHO? Angelique LeCocq Resourcing manager

Angelique’s love for the hospitality industry started whilegrowing up above her family pub in France.

She learnt and practiced her passion while working in hotelsand restaurants in front of house positions. She took herpassion abroad when she moved to Cornwall working in amulti award-winning hotel and spa in Newquay.

After working for the French hotel group Accor in Birmingham,London and a career in Recruitment were calling. She landedher 1st consultancy work becoming the Recruitment Managerof Le Pain Quotidien, the worldwide boulangerie-restaurantgroup.

Through her flair and ability to engage with people, Angeliquewill find, and retain the best talent to meet your temporarystaffing needs.

WHAT?Front of houseFront line staff are the shop window of any business and we understand that. Our offices give us access to the colleges of Surrey and London where we recruit regularly for Students to add to our team. In addition we utilise job boards and social media to unearth the best people out there before putting them through a gruelling selection and training process. Presentation, Social skills and a “can-do” attitude are the main pre-requisite for us as we offer training to give them the skills required.

Back of houseThe kitchen is the heart of any catering operation and we’ve got it covered! Chefs are interviewed and skills tested so we can see what kind of operation they are best suited to. All chefs need to be level 2 tested and we can offer them the opportunity to update this if needed. Porters and kitchen Assistants are trained in health and safety and Coshh. Chefs are expected to provide own (clean) whites, safety shoes and knives.

Front of house staff we provide:

Baristas Bar StaffCatering AssistantsEvent HostsKiosk Staff

Managers Parking AttendantsSilver ServiceTable ClearersWaiting Staff

Back of house staff we provide:

Chefs Kitchen Assistants

Kitchen Porters

HOW?Getting to know youYou will have your own dedicated point of contact who will take the time to get to know you and your business. They will visit you and take detailed notes – uniform requirements, staff entrances, who’s who, invoice requirements…Building your teamFrom the first brief and through every single booking we are con-stantly honing your team to bring together the people you like and of course ensure we don’t send back the ones you don’t. As well as the personal touch of your account manager we also have a sophis-ticated booking system which prioritises your favourites and stops us sending those you don’t want.The booking processThe more notice we get, the more likely we are to get you the people you want –simple as that. Once we receive your requirements we will agree a timescale with you to send the names of the staff you have requested. Names and photos will be sent or via our electronic timesheet or on a PDF.

HOW?Staff briefingAll staff will receive as much information about your venue and the booking as possible. Generally they will be booked and briefed by phone and this will be followed with a detailed email to confirm Address, details of staff check-in area, uniform requirements, Start and (approximate) finish time, likely duties and any other information we have. We believe that the key to ensuring people turn up is proper preparation and briefing.On the dayWhere you request large numbers of staff (and on request) we will come to your venue and sign the staff in. We carry a kit bag containing shoe polish, spare uniform, Nail polish remover and hair bands to make sure all staff are looking the part. We generally overbook by 10% and we manage this to ensure that you are on numbers on the day.After the eventWe will call after the event to (or the first day of a longer booking) to find out your feedback and rectify any issues. Staff can either carry their own timesheet which you will sign or alternatively (and our preference) we can send you an electronic timesheet where you enter the hours straight into our portal and the invoice is automatically raised for these hours.

VISIT: www.appetite4work.co.ukemail: mike@appetite4work.co.uk CALL: 020 7484 5555