CATERING, HOSPITALITY & FACILITIES MANAGEMENT RECRUITMENT
Cartwheel Management Recruitment was set up in 2007 with a primary aim to deliver a premium and added-value recruitment service to clients within catering, hospitality and facilities management. With offices in London, Nottingham and Milton Keynes, we are able to provide a personal service throughout the UK.
WE ARE EXPERTS IN FULFILLING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:









operations
Cartwheel Recruitment are renowned for handling operational management roles of varying levels.
This is a discipline where we have an exceptionally strong network, recruiting for roles from
deputy/assistant management through to operations director and managing directing roles.
CHEFS
Chef recruitment represents at least 30% of the vacancies we work on. The team have over 25 years
of chef recruitment experience, handling roles from sous chef to development and culinary
director roles across all sectors of the hospitality industry.
sales
Good sales and business development management personnel are always in high demand. We understand
the importance of finding the right candidate to sell your business. Not only are we well
networked in sourcing proven sellers, we also have a keen eye on identifying those who could
transfer their skills to become excellent sellers of the future.
marketing
Many aspects of your business depend on successful marketing; which generally covers brand
development, advertising, public relations, promotions and sales. Cartwheel have successfully placed candidates in a range of roles from digital marketing to concept marketing director roles across all areas of food service, high street and late night.
human resources
The human resources department plays an intrinsic role in recruiting, protecting and developing a
company’s most important asset; it’s People! Appointing the right HR personnel for your business
is vital to maintaining your culture. Cartwheel have worked on variety HR roles, appointing
personal into Michelin starred restaurants, foodservices and leisure businesses.
training
The effectiveness of any training is down to having an inspirational trainer to deliver it! A good trainer or learning & development professional needs to be able to fully engage their audience as well continually designing and delivering innovate, memorable, and exciting ways to deliver effective training. Helen Flint, Cartwheel’s director has a wealth of
experience previously selling L&D packages for several years, so knows a good trainer when she
sees one!
facilities Management
Facilities management covers many areas from catering, cleaning, security, reception to ground
and building services. Cartwheel recruit primarily for roles within soft services and have a
strong network of candidates with a broad range of skills across these varying disciplines and levels of seniority.
finance
Good financial management is crucial to running any business and therefore recruiting a qualified
and trustworthy finance professional is extremely important. Cartwheel handle roles from
financial controller to finance director and have appointed for Plc’s to private equity backed
SME’s.
procurement
Appointing experienced, creative and courageous people into procurement, purchasing, and category management positions is critical to striking the right balance between cost and quality. Cartwheel are able to support this area of your business with a primary focus on personnel from within the food, hospitality and facilities management industry.
LATEST NEWS
Charity Trek
Our MD Hannah Horler has been supporting the Springboard Charity for a number of years now and this year her support tak ...
Restaurant and Bar Awards
The Nottingham team dusted off our posh frocks and black ties last night to attend the 2018 Nottingham Restaurant and Ba ...
A new addition to our team
The New Year starts with an exciting new addition to the Cartwheel team. We are delighted that Amanda Afiya joins us as ...
And so we grow…
It has been a busy time of late in the Cartwheel offices with three new recruits. Matt has joined our Nottingham office ...
2017 Food Service Forum
Once again Cartwheel are proud to be partnering with The Caterer to bring you the Food Service Forum. The Forum is speci ...
Happy Birthday to Us
On Tuesday 2nd January 2007 Cartwheel Recruitment began trading. This month sees us celebrate our ten year anniversary. ...
We’re on the move
Delighted to be picking up the keys to our new London office today. After being in our Duncannon Street office for nearl ...
September 2016 Foodservice Forum
Cartwheel Recruitment are again partnering with The Caterer for the Foodservice Forum on the 16th September 2016. This e ...
The Cateys 2016 – Special Award
Cartwheel had the honour of sponsoring The Cateys 2016 Special Award at the glamourous annual dinner at the Grosvenor Ho ...
The Foodservice Forum
Cartwheel Recruitment are again partnering with The Caterer for their twice yearly Foodservice Forum, an event re ...
Supporting Pub16 and Springboard
Aasha and Paula joined forces with the team at Springboard to support at the Pub16 event in the Recruit, Train and Retai ...
November 2015 Run Run Run for the final time!
This month saw Hannah Horler take to the South Coast to complete her final half marathon on behalf of The Springboard Ch ...
November 2015 The Chris Beaumont Special Award goes to…
The evening of the 2nd November was a very special evening for Cartwheel Recruitment. Not only did we have the honour of ...
October 2015 Run Run Run
This month Hannah Horler took to the streets of Birmingham to join in the Morrison’s Great Birmingham Run. Again t ...
October 2015 Awards Dinners & Shows
October was a busy month of Awards Dinners and Industry Shows for The Cartwheel Team. The month kicked off with The Rest ...
September 2015 Run Run Run
Hannah Horler took to the streets of Nottingham on Sunday 27th September to run her 3rd of 5 half marathon’s for T ...
September 2015 Foodservice Forum
Cartwheel Recruitment partnered up again with The Caterer and Green & Fortune to present the third Foodservice Forum ...
Sept 2015 Ready, Steady, Cook
The team at Cartwheel attended the hotly contested annual Ready Steady Cook competition at the usual venue; Imperial Col ...
FEEFO REVIEWS
- “We have worked with Cartwheel since the company formed in January 2007. They have been instrumental in finding the right people who help define the culture of our business. The te ...
TESTIMONIALS
“We have worked with Cartwheel since the company formed in January 2007. They have been instrumental in finding the right people who help define the culture of our business. The team takes time to understand our needs and continue to find us strong candidates across all levels of management and chefs who contribute to the growth and success of Wilson Vale “
Carolyne Vale, Co-founder and Managing Director, Wilson Vale
Carolyne Vale, Co-founder and Managing Director, Wilson Vale
- “We have worked with Cartwheel Recruitment on various senior management roles, covering operational, finance and marketing. They invested significant time to understand the brands with ...
TESTIMONIALS
“We have worked with Cartwheel Recruitment on various senior management roles, covering operational, finance and marketing. They invested significant time to understand the brands within Patisserie Holdings as well as meeting key members of the leadership team. This effort enabled them to recruit some great new talent for our business who are contributing to the fantastic growth post our successful IPO. We continue to work with Cartwheel as a preferred partner”
Paul May, Chief Executive, Patisserie Holdings Plc
Paul May, Chief Executive, Patisserie Holdings Plc
- “We have built up a great relationship with Cartwheel Recruitment over the years and they are our first port of call whenever we have a role to be filled. To date we have never seen a ...
TESTIMONIALS
“We have built up a great relationship with Cartwheel Recruitment over the years and they are our first port of call whenever we have a role to be filled. To date we have never seen a candidate that we couldn’t hire. They are always very well prepared and have a clear understanding of what the role entails.”
Gwil Jones, Founder/Director, The Chopping Block
Gwil Jones, Founder/Director, The Chopping Block
- “Novus Leisure has worked successfully alongside Aasha for a number of years. Aasha has been a key part of our recruitment strategy and has recruited some of our top talent. Cartwheel ...
TESTIMONIALS
“Novus Leisure has worked successfully alongside Aasha for a number of years. Aasha has been a key part of our recruitment strategy and has recruited some of our top talent. Cartwheel Recruitment and Aasha’s approach includes getting fully involved in the business, its goals and culture to ensure a successful and long term match are made.”
Sarah Miller, Operations Director, Novus Leisure
Sarah Miller, Operations Director, Novus Leisure
- “We have been working with Cartwheel Recruitment since early 2009. They consistently demonstrate their ability to deliver exceptional candidates across all levels; having recruited mos ...
TESTIMONIALS
“We have been working with Cartwheel Recruitment since early 2009. They consistently demonstrate their ability to deliver exceptional candidates across all levels; having recruited most of our senior leadership team via Cartwheel as well as numerous candidates at Area and Unit level.
Right from the very outset, the team took time to visit our head office and key locations within our business, to gain a real understanding of the culture we are building and the style of leadership we wanted to attract into our organisation. The teams from both the Nottingham and London offices have invested time in building relationships which has enabled Cartwheel to support our recruitment needs from the North of England through to the South West. We continue to benefit from a strong working relationship with the team at Cartwheel and would have no hesitation in recommending them.”
Jim Lovett, Chief Executive, Waterfall Catering Group
Jim Lovett, Chief Executive, Waterfall Catering Group