Our people all have one thing in common - they love their job

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Our people

The Castle Hotel Team

From the moment you check in at reception, one thing is clear – The Castle Hotel Team are genuinely happy to meet you! As a family-owned business we pride ourselves on creating a friendly, pleasant atmosphere for our staff, which translates into a wonderful experience for our guests too.

We are professional and well-trained, but always approachable. Our team support and encourage each other and this helps us to deliver the best possible service at all times.

On behalf of the whole team, we look forward to welcoming you and showing you what makes our hotel such a special place.

A message from Joe Lavin, our General Manager

“Here at the Castle we pride ourselves on delivering friendly tradition in historical surroundings; from the warm, genuine welcome you’ll receive from all our team to the friendly, professional service and care that they each deliver.

Our aim is turn your stay into a cherished memory and leave you with a lasting impression and a return visit booked; we love making regulars and very much look forward to welcoming you again and again”

A message from Lee Melton, our Head of People for The Coaching Inn Group

“The Coaching Inn Group is proud to invest in its people, which I’ve been fortunate to have been a part of myself. I began my career with the group as a part-time bar person, then with support and excellent training, I moved through the ranks up to General Manager level. Now I’m lucky enough to be able to help others through their own journey and over the past two years alone, we have put over 120 people though apprenticeships and qualified training courses. There are also a variety of management training courses and bespoke training for everything from wine to cocktail making. We are always keen to speak to anyone looking to join this industry – you can find out more by visiting our careers site.”

A message from Dave Simms, our Executive Head Chef for The Coaching Inn Group

Our talented brigade of Chef’s here at The Castle are totally dedicated in their quest to produce the finest dining experiences to you, our guests, whether it be a slice of cake with our fantastic coffee or a fabulous evening meal. You can rest assured that the team will be working incredibly hard to produce the finest dishes, using the best possible ingredients.

Here at the Coaching Inn Group we recognise this passion and true dedication to their chosen career and wanted to help our chef’s harness this. That is why we have recently launched our very own Chef Academy!

This Academy will help us to continue to support the development of our Kitchen teams at all levels. I have already been blown away by the current group of aspirant chef’s, these guys are going to make fine future Head Chefs of our Coaching Inn’s indeed!!!