Nottingham Venues has appointed Mark Pook as food and beverage manager at its Jubilee Hotel and Conferences venue.
With over 30 years’ experience in the catering, events and hospitality industry, Mark started his career as a bar person in Devon and worked his way up to general manager and area operations manager roles all around the UK. As general manager his particular expertise lay in opening large multi-scene businesses for a number of different operators. He has also owned and managed his own late-night businesses in Derbyshire, where he is now based.
Situated within a 65-acre lakeside landscape of the University of Nottingham, close to Nottingham city centre, Jubilee Hotel and Conferences is an innovative venue catering for everything from small meetings to large events up to 250 capacity. With 14 meeting and training rooms, a hotel with 101 guest rooms and suites, a newly refurbished atrium space and the Spokes café offering breakfast and lunches daily, it caters for wide variety of guests.
Mark Pook, new F&B manager at Jubilee, said: “I’m excited to become part of the Nottingham Venues team and bring my industry expertise to enhance Jubilee’s offer even further. It is in a fantastic location, with the superb Spokes cafe, as well as an extensive banqueting menu and lakeside BBQ options. It’s one of Nottingham’s best kept secrets, so I’m looking forward to seeing how we can help it reach its full potential and open it up to a wider audience.”
Tom Waldron-Lynch, general manager at Nottingham Venues, said: “The Jubilee Hotel and Conference is a key asset in our collection of independent venues specialising in meeting and events. Set in the beautiful grounds of the University of Nottingham. We’re so pleased to have found someone of Mark’s calibre with extensive expertise and vision for how we can continually provide an unrivalled guest experience at Jubilee in the future.”
