Head of Events

Recruitment Evangelists; Slough; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruitment Evangelists is seeking a Head of Events in London to build and lead a new external events and catering division for a London restaurant group. You will develop revenue from scratch across three sites, leveraging an active catering network and pitching partnerships with venues and agencies.

You will own pricing and margins, plan menus with the chef team, and report directly to the founder. The role offers significant autonomy and growth potential with performance-based bonus.

Qualifications

• Experience selling event catering or private events in London.
• Active network of corporate, venue or agency contacts.
• Track record of carrying and hitting a revenue target.
• Experience pricing events and maintaining margin.

Responsibilities

• Build external events and catering revenue from a standing start.
• Pitch for partnerships with venues, corporates and agencies.
• Convert your existing catering network into contracted business.
• Own pricing and margin across the events book.
• Plan menus and production with the chef team.
• Report directly to the founder.

Skills

Event catering sales

Corporate networking

Revenue target achievement

Pricing & margin management

Job description

Head of Events | London | Up to £65,000 plus bonus.

An established London restaurant group is building out its external events and catering business and is hiring a Head of Events to lead it. Three sites across central and east London, a strong following for the food, and demand beyond the restaurants that has outgrown what they can currently deliver. The events arm is now being set up properly with its own leadership, and this is the first senior appointment into it.

The role

• Build external events and catering revenue from a standing start
• Pitch for partnerships with venues, corporates and agencies
• Convert your existing catering network into contracted business
• Own pricing and margin across the events book
• Plan menus and production with the chef team
• Report directly to the founder

Why this one

• The brand already has pull, so you are selling something buyers know
• Three working kitchens give you production capacity from day one, with no central unit to build first
• Founder reporting means pricing and partnership decisions land in days
• No existing structure, so how the division runs is yours to design
• Bonus tracks what you bring in

You will need

• Experience selling event catering or private events in London
• An active network of corporate, venue or agency contacts
• A track record carrying and hitting a revenue target
• Experience pricing events and holding margin