Luxury Hospitality Recruitment
Premium hospitality hires
that hold the standard.
Supporting luxury restaurants and the wider hospitality sector with talent acquisition and senior leadership.
The best restaurants and hotels are built on the people who run them
Coreus recruits senior operators and provides a specialist hospitality executive search service to hire leadership for premium restaurants and luxury hotel groups across the UK. We also work with global brands. Our candidates are already running successful sites or leading divisions at recognised operators.
Wherever the standard has to be held and the commercial pressure is real, we find the leaders who can do both for you.
Who we work with
- Independent restaurant groups
- Privately owned hotel collections
- Investor-backed multi-site operators
- Global brands
Where we place
- Premium restaurants
- Luxury hotel groups
- Founder-led businesses approaching investment or exit
We've helped businesses like these with their hiring challenges.
How can we help you?
“Help, my hospitality business needs to…”
Urgently Hire
A senior site has lost its GM mid-trading period and service standards are already starting to drift. We move fast on named targets already performing in comparable venues, with shortlists landing in days rather than weeks.
Find an Interim
Whether it's a site relaunch, a pre-sale stabilisation or a divisional gap after a sudden exit, our interim operators and executives have done the job before and step in to hold the standard while you plan the permanent hire.
Build a Team
For a new opening, a group roll-out or a regional expansion, Coreus plans the hiring phases with you and sequences the senior appointments in the right order, acting as the single partner across the board.
Today's senior leadership that shapes tomorrow's success
Hospitality executive search
As a hospitality executive search firm, we recruit into Managing Director, Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director and Operations Director positions across premium restaurants and luxury hotel groups. Our remit extends to non-executive and chair appointments for founder-led businesses approaching investment or exit.
The senior hires we place for boutique and luxury hospitality chains come with a track record in comparable operations.
Recent placement
A Finance Director for a luxury London restaurant group, taking control of finance across multiple sites. Appointed from a shortlist of four candidates, all currently employed, none advertised.
How we engage
Permanent
For the board appointment that shapes the business for years. Retained executive search with direct headhunt, a confidential approach and a curated shortlist of serious candidates rather than a stack of CVs.
Interim
For the immediate gap after a senior exit or a turnaround mandate. Interim hospitality executives with P&L history in comparable operations, available on day rate and able to start within weeks.
Fractional
For the founder-led group that needs board-grade commercial leadership without the full-time cost. Fractional CFOs and Operations Directors embedded two or three days a week and accountable for the numbers.
Why trust us with your hospitality recruitment?
Sector specialism
Six years recruiting into premium restaurants and luxury hotel groups. We know the operators, the brands worth hiring from and the red flags to avoid.
Access to passive candidates
The senior operators you want are running sites or leading divisions elsewhere. We reach them directly and confidentially, well before any competitor hears the role exists.
Reduced cost of a bad hire
A wrong GM or Finance Director appointment costs six figures once you factor salary, severance and lost trading performance. Our vetting process is built to prevent it.
Speed without compromise
Shortlists land in days rather than weeks because our network is already mapped. You move fast on named targets, not a cold search starting from zero.
One partner for full accountability
The person who takes your brief is the person who delivers your shortlist. No account handlers, no competing agencies on the same role, no diluted responsibility.
What you can expect with Coreus as your hospitality recruitment partner
Attract great talent and avoid bad hiring
Hospitality is a sector where the leadership hire either holds the standard or quietly erodes it. The operators and executives we place have already done the job in comparable venues and groups, which is why 94% of our placed candidates accept offers and go on to start.
Results
Rigorous briefing built around your venue standards, guest proposition and commercial model, so the shortlist matches the brief on operational calibre as well as culture.
Quality
Hire with confidence. No unvetted operators reaching your interview stage, no repeat rounds after a misaligned shortlist and no re-advertising because the brief wasn't scoped properly the first time.
Experience
We handle the heavy lifting of assessing operators and executives against real trading performance, so your leadership team focuses on the strategic fit rather than sifting CVs during service.
Trusted by the businesses we recruit for
David Dand
Founder & Managing Director, Coreus
David built his career inside the recruitment and HR teams of EY, AXA, Roche and Laureate. Book a call to talk through the role you need to fill.