Mixologist – 5 Star Cruise Line

The Mixologist delivers a refined, personalized, genuine, and consistent cocktail experience across all bars, lounges, and beverage venues onboard. This role safeguards the integrity and execution of the Cruise Line’s classic and signature cocktails. Working closely with the Beverage Operations Manager and shoreside teams, the Mixologist ensures flawless recipe accuracy, technique, garnish work, glassware selection, and presentation. The role leads beverage-related training, drives cocktail consistency across the ship, supports revenue growth through elevated guest engagement and craftsmanship, and contributes to guest satisfaction and overall operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Delivers a refined and personalized cocktail experience.
• Engages with guests to provide cocktail recommendations, spirit insights, and storytelling.
• Supports cocktail demonstrations, mixology classes, tastings, and hosted experiences.
• Assists with service recovery and ensures guest expectations are exceeded.
• Contributes to beverage revenue performance through confident recommendations and cocktail leadership.
• Ensures full consistency of all cocktails aboard.
• Conducts recipe audits and sensory checks (dilution, balance, aroma, temperature, garnish, glassware).
• Maintains the official Cocktail Specification Manual and ensures correct implementation fleetwide.
• Supports menu rollouts, beverage list changes, and seasonal updates to maintain consistency.
• Ensures accuracy in preparation, yield, and visual presentation across all bars.
• Leads hands-on training for bartenders, bar servers, and beverage teams on technique, accuracy, speed, guest interaction, and product knowledge.
• Conducts pre-service cocktail briefings and daily beverage highlights.
• Supports onboarding of newly hired and newly promoted beverage staff.
• Works with Training & Development to maintain structured bartender and server training pathways.
• Identifies talent and contributes to development and succession planning across the beverage team.
• Supports BOM during peak operations, special events, receptions, and complex service periods.
• Ensures readiness of bar mise-en-place, craft ingredient stations, infusions, cordials, syrups, garnishes, and tools.
• Participates in layout and workflow assessments to improve efficiency and quality.
• Provides technical expertise to support smooth daily bar operations.
• Ensures proper storage, labeling, rotation, and shelf-life management of all house-made cocktail ingredients.
• Monitors consumption of cocktail-related items (bitters, specialty syrups, garnishes, premium glassware).
• Identifies low-use SKUs and supports BOM in reduction initiatives.
• Ensures accurate portioning and recipe adherence to support beverage cost goals.
• Reports consumption trends and inconsistencies to the BOM.
• Collaborates with the shoreside F&B and other teams to pilot new beverages, menu concepts, and global mixology trends.
• Creates destination-inspired cocktails and seasonal offerings aligned with Silversea’s luxury identity.
• Works with premium venues to develop bespoke experiences and elevated beverage touchpoints.
• Ensures all innovations remain aligned with brand standards and operational feasibility.
• Ensures full compliance with Public Health, HACCP, sanitation, and bar hygiene standards.
• Ensures correct cleaning and sanitizing of tools, glassware, and preparation areas.
• Ensures safe handling of alcohol, chemicals, syrups, and food-grade cocktail components.
• Complies with all legal requirements for alcohol service, including responsible service and age verification.
• Participates in PH inspections, safety audits, and sanitation reviews.
• Participates in crew and guest safety drills according to instructions
• Always complies with the Company’s safety and pollution prevention regulations and operating procedures.
• Participates in all mandatory training
• Leads by example by taking care of Health and Safety of self and others
• Ensures that all work equipment, personal protective equipment, chemicals and safety devices are being used correctly. Delivering training, guidance and supervision on how to use and maintain them

Requirements:

• Valid STCW certification.
• Minimum 3–5 years of professional mixology experience in luxury hospitality.
• Mastery of classic cocktails, modern techniques, premium spirits, and beverage theory.
• Experience training diverse teams and delivering structured instruction.
• Strong recipe documentation, costing awareness, and product quality control.
• Must be physically and medically fit.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills; additional languages are an advantage.
• Exceptional technical cocktail knowledge and craftsmanship.
• Strong ability to coach, inspire, and elevate beverage team performance.
• Confident guest engagement skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy at all times.
• Strong organization, multitasking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with POS systems and digital spec documentation.
• Excellent fluent English (verbal and written) is mandatory. English is the working and safety language on board Silversea vessels. This also includes the ability to give and receive instructions in verbal and written forms and to effectively and efficiently engage with guests and crew members. Any other language is a plus.

If you have the experience and are interested, then apply today. Please ensure your CV is up to date including contact information and detailed work experience.