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General Manager

The Chef Foundation
Posted 19 days ago, valid for 6 days
Location

London, Greater London SW13 9WT, England

Salary

£60,000 - £72,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The independent all-day café/restaurant is seeking a General Manager to oversee daily operations and support business growth.
  • Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role, demonstrating strong customer focus and leadership skills.
  • The role includes managing staff, ensuring quality service, and maintaining compliance with health and safety regulations.
  • The position offers a salary of up to £35,000, depending on experience, along with service charge.
  • This is a hands-on role requiring a proactive multitasker, with a 48-hour work week spread over 5 days, including some evening events.

General Manager

Independent All-Day Café/Restaurant

This much-loved stylish independent 60-cover all-day neighbourhood café/restaurant is looking for an enthusiastic General Manager to lead the team and play a key role in the continued growth of the business.

The trade is very Brunch based, all fresh, seasonal produce, made in-house, good coffee, tray bakes and pastries with a very strong local customer base. The FOH service is relaxed yet professional. There is a growing portfolio of evening events and private hire too.

As GM you will be responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of the restaurant including.

  • Ensure that the restaurant operates efficiently and profitably while maintaining the company ethos and reputation
  • Sales, customer care & quality assurance
  • Train, manage and motivate staff
  • Hygiene, and health & safety
  • Compliance with licensing laws and other legal requirements
  • All food & beverage service
  • Reservations & driving sales
  • Cashing up, banking, stock etc

Experience Required

  • Minimum 3 year in a similar role
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer focused
  • Positive and approachable manner
  • Team player

We are looking for an enthusiastic and personable General Manager with previous experience in a similar unit, capable of running a relaxed yet professional restaurant, ensuring the business is run efficiently and that sales targets are met.

This is a hands-on customer facing role you must be a proactive multitasker competent of running the floor and managing the back of house office admin and paperwork. Comfortable taking direction from the business owners, as a member of a management team, working to the same end goals, with customer experience being paramount.

48-hour week over 5 days.

Hours: 8 to 5 + some evening events & private hire

Salary: Up to £35,000 relevant to experience + service charge

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.