Food and Beverage Captain Jobs UAE 2026

Hilton is seeking a service-driven Food and Beverage Captain to join its hotel team in the United Arab Emirates. This role oversees the seamless execution of daily F&B operations, planning and delivering memorable events from breakfasts and coffee breaks to galas and cocktail receptions.

About the Role — Event Execution & F&B Supervision

Core Function: Planning, organizing and executing events within F&B outlets

Event Setup: Overseeing function room setup with linens, silverware and chinaware to specification

Team Management: Overseeing F&B team scheduling, supervision, coaching and recognition

Compliance: Maintaining health, safety, sanitation and alcohol awareness regulations

About Hilton — Filling the Earth with Light and Warmth

Global Scale: More than 3 billion guests welcomed worldwide

Award-Winning Culture: Repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune

Brand Portfolio: A suite of world-class hospitality brands

Career Support: Supporting team members’ career journeys from entry-level to long-term growth

Position Overview

This Food and Beverage Captain role involves bringing an upbeat, friendly attitude to guest interactions, planning and executing events including breakfasts, luncheons, dinners and galas, overseeing flawless function room setup according to specifications, communicating event details across F&B teams, managing event breakdown and equipment storage, overseeing F&B team scheduling and coaching, and maintaining compliance with health, safety and alcohol awareness regulations.

Why This Role Matters: As Food and Beverage Captain at Hilton, you take ownership of delivering flawless events that create lasting guest memories, apply precise event planning and setup skills across breakfasts, galas and everything in between, lead and coach an F&B team to consistently deliver Hilton’s standard of service, uphold rigorous safety and hygiene compliance that protects guests and colleagues, and grow your hospitality career within an award-winning global brand recognized among the World’s Best Workplaces.

Key Responsibilities

Guest Experience

Bring an upbeat and friendly attitude to all guest interactions
Proactively look for ways to make guest experiences special

Event Planning & Execution

Plan, organize and execute events including breakfasts, coffee breaks, luncheons, dinners, cocktail receptions and galas
Oversee function room setup, ensuring linens, silverware, glassware and chinaware meet specifications
Communicate event specifications, procedures and updates to relevant F&B teams
Oversee event breakdown, ensuring proper storage of equipment for the next event

Team Management

Oversee the F&B team, including scheduling, supervision, coaching and recognition

Regulatory Compliance

Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation and alcohol awareness regulations

Qualifications & Requirements

Core Values

A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality
Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing
Inspiring others through Leadership
A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes
A sense of Ownership and accountability
A focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment

About Hilton

Join Hilton, a global leader in hospitality that has welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide while staying true to its founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality. With an award-winning culture recognized repeatedly on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune, Hilton supports every team member’s journey — come for the job, stay for the career.

Career Excellence: Lead unforgettable hotel events within a globally recognized, award-winning hospitality brand.

Who Should Apply?

F&B Event Supervisors: Experienced planning and executing hotel events
Banquet & Events Professionals: Skilled in function room setup and breakdown
Team Leaders: Comfortable scheduling, coaching and supervising F&B staff
Safety-Conscious Hospitality Staff: Committed to health, sanitation and alcohol awareness standards
Career-Focused Hospitality Professionals: Looking to grow within a global hotel brand