We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we've been part of some of the UK's most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life.
Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you'll feel right at home here.
Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we're looking for a General Manager to join us to help mobilise a brand new contract with prestigious Ridgeview Wine Estate.
Location: East Sussex, BN6 8TP
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum
Working Pattern: 40 hours per week, 5 over 7, 10am to 5pm
Key Responsibilities:
Holding regular feedback sessions with customers and clients to ensure we are exceeding their food service expectations
Full of innovation and creativity to develop the services on site
Lead, develop and manage the team staff members, ensuring you and staff members are up to date with COSHH and Food hygiene training and any other relevant trainings
Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business
Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget
Our Ideal Candidate:
We are looking for candidates with high end restaurant and event experience
We are looking for candidates who want to mobilise and innovate what we do on site
Experience managing turnovers of £700k- £1million per year
What's in it for you?
Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
Personal Development and Training opportunities
Life assurance scheme
Pension scheme
Holiday allowance
Access to Healthcare Support App which includesAnnual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
Eye care
A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
Family friendly support
Regular social events and communication with our leaders
A holiday purchase scheme
Volunteering days
Professional subscriptions
Recognition schemes and people awards
Long service awards
Access to some great high street discount vouchers
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