Restaurant Manager - Garden Centre

Restaurant Manager - Daytime Hours - Cheltenham

Salary: £28,500 - £33,000 per annum + Benefits
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Hours: 39.5 hours per week - predominantly daytime and early evenings
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

Love hospitality but ready to leave the late nights behind?

Imagine running a fantastic restaurant, leading a great team and enjoying a hospitality career that doesn't revolve around late-night finishes.

C2 Recruitment is looking for an experienced Restaurant Manager to join a premium, award-winning garden centre in Cheltenham.

With freshly prepared food, seasonal menus and a welcoming restaurant environment, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves hospitality but is looking for a different pace of working life.

And here's the real attraction: predominantly daytime hours with early evening finishes.

You'll be joining a successful, family-owned business with a strong reputation for looking after its people, offering a positive working environment and genuine opportunities to develop.

The Opportunity

This is more than a hands-on shift management position.

As Restaurant Manager, you'll take overall responsibility for the restaurant's performance, leading through your Assistant Managers and giving them the support, direction and confidence to succeed.

You'll be responsible for:

Leading, coaching and developing your Assistant Managers and wider restaurant team.

Creating a positive, motivated and high-performing working environment.

Taking ownership of sales, budgets, labour costs and overall restaurant performance.

Delivering excellent food quality, presentation and customer service.

Maintaining the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and health and safety.

Managing recruitment, training, performance and succession planning.

Overseeing stock control, ordering, rotas and operational efficiency.

Identifying opportunities to improve the customer experience and increase sales.

Working closely with the wider management team to ensure the restaurant continues to thrive.

You'll have the freedom to make a real difference, develop your people and take pride in running a successful restaurant.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Restaurant Manager who genuinely enjoys leading people and delivering great hospitality.

You'll ideally have:

Experience as a Restaurant Manager, General Manager or equivalent.

A proven track record of leading and developing successful teams.

Strong commercial awareness, including budgeting, labour costs and stock control.

A passion for great food, excellent service and customer satisfaction.

Confidence managing people, solving problems and making decisions.

Good knowledge of food hygiene, allergens and health and safety.

Level 2 and Level 3 Food Safety qualifications.

Strong organisational, communication and IT skills.

Experience in restaurants, cafés, garden centre hospitality or other quality food-led environments would be welcome.

Above all, we're looking for someone with a positive attitude, strong leadership skills and the ambition to make their restaurant the best it can be.

What's In It For You?

Salary of £28,500 - £33,000 per annum

Predominantly daytime working with early evening finishes

No regular late-night restaurant shifts

39.5-hour working week

Permanent, full-time position

Generous colleague discounts

Company pension scheme

Life insurance

Free on-site parking

Supportive, family-owned business

Opportunities for career development

Ready for a Better Balance in Hospitality?

You shouldn't have to give up the career you love to enjoy more of your evenings.

If you're an experienced Restaurant Manager who loves leading a team, delivering great food and creating memorable customer experiences, this could be exactly the change you've been looking for.

A fantastic restaurant, a supportive business and working hours that are a little more sociable.

Sound good? Apply today through C2 Recruitment. We'd love to hear from you.

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