TWO teenage brothers are following their father’s footsteps into the hospitality and catering industry with jobs working for a family-run hotel business.

The Hardy boys Jamie, 19, and Liam, 15, from Crag Bank near Carnforth have joined their dad Kevin working for English Lakes Hotels Resorts & Venues.

Kevin first started working at the art deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe in 2013 and has worked his way up to become the full-time duty manager.

Jamie is a culinary apprentice at sister venue Lancaster House Hotel, training to become a commis chef via the hotel group’s Culinary Academy, a two-year apprenticeship delivered with award-winning chef Steven Doherty and Kendal College.

Liam, meanwhile, has secured a part-time role as a kitchen porter.

Dad Kevin said: "Having spent ten years in the Army and working as an airport security guard, working at such an iconic hotel venue was quite a change, though there are of course lots of transferable service skills.

“It wasn’t planned that the boys would follow a similar path but it’s nice to see my switch in career seems to have inspired them to work in the hospitality and catering sector.”

The Midland's general manager Mark Needham said: "We have a whole host of family connections across our five venues in north Lancashire and Cumbria, with a dozen or so instances of mums, dads, sons and daughters working together for the group.

"It’s great to see the Hardy boys progressing on their respective career ladders.”

The Hardy family is not the only one to complete a hat-trick for the group. Jayne Coates works in housekeeping at The Midland and can keep a watchful eye on both her sons at work each day, with Dylan also in housekeeping and Alex working in the hotel kitchen.

The seaside hotel’s family links also include night porter Martin Ferguson, whose son Ashley Brannigan is a culinary apprentice at The Wild Boar near Windermere. Meanwhile, Nicola Woods is the hotel’s events coordinator and her daughter Alice Phipps is a restaurant assistant.