Department: Hospitality
Location: British Garden Centres Support Office / Hybrid where applicable
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
About the Role
British Garden Centres is looking for a highly organised and detail-focused Recipe & Menu Engineer to join our growing Hospitality team.
This is a key support role responsible for maintaining and managing our Fourth Hospitality Suite, ensuring accurate ingredient information, recipe builds, menu costing, forecasting, and invoice reconciliation across the hospitality business.
The successful candidate will play an important part in supporting menu accuracy, cost control, supplier management, and operational efficiency across our restaurants and cafés. The role will also include participation in a 1 in 5 weekend on-call rota, supporting the repairs team with urgent maintenance issues when required.
Key Responsibilities
* Recipe, Ingredient & Menu Management
* Manage and maintain recipe and menu information within the Fourth Hospitality Suite.
* Create, update, and maintain accurate recipe builds, ingredients, allergens, yields, and portion controls.
* Ensure menu items are correctly costed and accurately reflected within the system.
* Support the launch of new menus, seasonal ranges, promotions, and product changes.
* Monitor ingredient changes, supplier updates, and pricing amendments.
* Ensure ingredient data is accurate, consistent, and up to date across all relevant systems.
Menu Costing & Forecasting
* Complete menu costings to support pricing decisions and margin control.
* Review ingredient cost changes and identify any impact on menu profitability.
* Support forecasting for menu launches, seasonal changes, promotional activity, and product demand.
* Provide reports and insight to support commercial decision-making within the Hospitality team.
* Work closely with operations, food development, procurement, and finance teams to ensure accurate costing and forecasting.
Skills & Experience Required
* Experience in hospitality, food service, catering, retail food operations, or a similar environment.
* Strong understanding of recipes, ingredients, menu costing, purchasing, or stock control.
* Excellent attention to detail and accuracy when working with data.
* Confident using software systems and Microsoft Excel, Strong administrative and organisational skills.
* Ability to manage invoice queries and supplier communication professionally.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to work across multiple departments.
* Ability to prioritise tasks and work to deadlines.
Desirable Experience
* Previous experience using Fourth Hospitality Suite or similar recipe, stock, purchasing, or menu management software.
* Experience with invoice reconciliation or supplier pricing queries.
* Knowledge of allergens, food specifications, and hospitality compliance.
* Experience supporting multi-site hospitality or retail operations.
What We Offer
A varied and important role within a growing hospitality business.
The opportunity to support menu development, cost control, and operational improvement.
Involvement with systems, suppliers, finance, operations, and repairs support.
Career development opportunities within British Garden Centres. A supportive and fast-paced working environment.
Staff benefits and company discount.
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