Regional Restaurant Manager
Location: Essex
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours: 45 Hours per Week Including Weekends
British Garden Centres family group of over 75 Garden Centres are looking for a Regional Restaurant Manager; our restaurants serve millions of customers every year.
Job Overview
A Regional Restaurant Manager job description involves overseeing multiple locations, focusing on strategic growth, financial performance (budgets, labour, sales), ensuring brand/operational consistency, and developing on‑site managers, while handling high‑level problem‑solving, policy implementation, staff training and regional marketing initiatives to drive overall success.
Key Responsibilities
* Overseeing the daily running of multiple restaurants and ensuring high standards are met.
* Leading the restaurant managers and ensuring teams are efficient.
* Monitoring budgets and liaising with both restaurants and directors on performance.
* Ensuring restaurants run in accordance with legislation and best practice.
* Reporting to the Group Operations Directors with feedback on performance and future planning.
* Using company systems and supporting KPI development.
* Liaising with food and drink suppliers to ensure smooth running of the restaurants.
Ideal Candidate
* Experience as a restaurant manager and ideally experience running multiple sites.
* Strong knowledge of food hygiene, health and safety and auditing.
* Able to lead a team, recruit and induct new starters in a fast‑paced environment.
* Have a passion for food and attention to detail.
* IT literate and be able to comply with the systems and processes.
* Must have a driving licence and your own car.
Benefits
* No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year‑round business.
* Security of working in a well‑established expanding family business and associated benefits.
* Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.
* 50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant and 20% discount at any BGC store; additional discount rates available for Woodthorpe Leisure Park.
If you would like to join our family‑run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast‑growing company and forward‑thinking team, we want to hear from you.
How to Apply
Please send your CV to:
Managers Name: Ricky Towers Group Restaurant Director
rtowers@britishgardencentres.com
Applications close – Tuesday 31st March 2026
Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.
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