Kitchen Manager

As the Kitchen Manager, you'll lead our kitchen team, manage inventory and enforce brand standards to ensure an exceptional dining experience for our guests, whiles fostering a supportive and high-performing work environment. You'll work closely, and report into, the General Manager to drive sales, maintain brand standards, achieve business objectives and enhance guest satisfaction.,

• Manage team recruitment, development, and succession planning, ensuring a culture of recognition and career advancement.


• Conduct team meetings to discuss priorities, daily targets ensuring everyone is focused on achieving the day's objectives.


• Set clear performance expectations, provide constructive feedback, and manage poor performance consistently.


• Ensure adherence to brand standards for food quality, appearance, and service, turning dissatisfied guests into returning customers.


• Drive top-line sales through engagement, using our TGI Fridays values to lead your team to success.


• Monitor financial performance closely, exercising cost control measures and strategies to optimise profits through meticulous planning and informed decision making, whilst simultaneously managing food stock holding, minimising waste and optimising food margins through effective purchasing and inventory management.


• Oversee all aspects of kitchen operations, and front of house operations when required, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Maintain cleanliness and safety standards, conduct health and safety checks, and ensure proper security procedures.
  
  Previous experience in a kitchen leadership role.


• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.


• Knowledge of the kitchen operations, health and safety regulations and stock management, (You will complete an internal management training programme with TGI Fridays when you first join for your own professional development and to get a full understanding of the TGI Fridays Kitchen)


• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
  
  TGI Fridays is famous for a number of things - iconic cocktails, American inspired dishes but most significantly, that fantastic generosity of spirit provided by our incredible, one-of-a-kind team bringing that Fridays Feeling.
  
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• Employee discount


• Referral programme, Here's just some of the amazing benefits that you will enjoy if you decide to join our leadership team -



• Enjoy 30 days paid holiday each year


• Participate in a highly competitive annual incentive scheme


• Enjoy 50% discount in our restaurants for you and up to 5 guests.


• Participate in our many reward programmes, long service awards, leadership conferences and many cultural events through the year


• Participate in local incentives that offer exciting and unique travel experiences globally.


• Benefit from our skill development programmes that will support you in fast-tracking your career progression


• Participate in our Apprenticeships programmes that are available to all levels


• Enjoy free membership of the Institute of Hospitality in support of your continued professional development


• Benefit from our generous Refer a friend scheme with great bonuses paid for each successful referral.


• The opportunity to join a great, passionate team and make new friends along the way


• Part time hours /Job share is available for this role.