Restaurant Team Leader

British Garden Centres; East Devon; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal discount

Store discount

Job summary

British Garden Centres is seeking an experienced Restaurant Team Leader to manage our on-site restaurant teams and ensure a consistently high-quality dining experience for customers. You will motivate staff, uphold service standards and lead hiring, training and scheduling to meet kitchen demands.

As part of the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, you’ll work in a supportive environment with opportunities to contribute to business success and guest satisfaction across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience leading restaurant teams and delivering high service standards.
• Knowledge of health and food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead restaurant team to deliver high-quality dining experiences.
• Motivate staff and ensure excellent customer service.
• Hire, train and schedule staff according to kitchen needs.

Skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Staff training

Scheduling

Health and safety

Job description

If you would like to be a part of this. we are seeking an experienced Restaurant Team Leader to join our team; in this role you will be asked to perform a variety of managerial functions.

This starts with providing our customers with consistently high-quality dining experience. To do this, you will need to motivate our staff and demonstrate superior customer serve skills.

As Team Leader, you will also help our team to meet its standards for quality. This will involve ensuring that all food health and safety requirements are met.

Your job may require you to hire new staff, train them and create schedules that the dynamic needs of the kitchen.

British Garden Centres is the UK's largest family owned garden centre group, with 80 centres nationwide. Founded by the Stubbs family, the business has grown rapidly through significant expansion and acquisitions, evolving from its first site at Woodthorpe Garden Centre into a national brand.

The group now includes garden centres, restaurants, nurseries, and distribution centres, employing more than 3,500 colleagues across the UK. Despite its scale, British Garden Centres maintains strong family values, a community focus, and a commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for both customers and employees.

No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year-round business.

Security of working in a well-established expanding family business & the associated benefits

Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day & Easter Sunday

50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, additionally discount rates available for Leisure Park.