Restaurant Training and Area Manager

Growth Kitchen; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic foodtech startup in the UK is seeking dedicated individuals to oversee operations across multiple kitchens. The role entails training franchisees, ensuring cooking standards, and managing performance metrics within a network of 25-30 kitchen partners. Ideal candidates possess previous restaurant management experience and excellent communication skills. This opportunity offers significant responsibility and potential for growth while supporting an exciting mission to redefine food service delivery.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension Scheme

Stock options

25 days of holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of experience in a restaurant or hospitality role.
• Excited to learn and seek guidance through effective questioning.
• Fluency in English and right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Train new franchisees on cooking our brands.
• Conduct regular on-site checks to improve cooking accuracy.
• Support kitchen management operationally and commercially.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Customer interaction

Job description

Overview

Growth Kitchen is on a mission to make eating great food the norm. Our platform enables kitchen operators to sell well-known restaurant brands, such as The Athenian, from their existing kitchens. We are looking for talented individuals to help grow and oversee our operations across the UK, working closely with kitchens and brands to change the landscape of the restaurant industry. You will travel to our network of third party delivery kitchens to ensure that our franchisees are operating smoothly and cook our food to high standards, and help our kitchen partners maximise their success through strategic support and management. The role requires travelling nationally (paid) 80% of the time. Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Train new franchisees: help them learn how to cook our brands
• Run regular checks on-site, help them cook more accurately and better
• Work with teams and managers in partner kitchens to help them do their job better, operationally and commercially
• Manage a cluster of 25-30 kitchen partners, owning their growth trajectory and week to week performance
• Support partners by getting hands on in the kitchen, and solving site issues when they arise

This is an incredible opportunity to join an exciting high growth start-up in the foodtech space, where you will be given a lot of responsibility early on, and a lot of autonomy to achieve your goals, and where progression opportunities will be exciting as the business grows. It is a great way to transition out of being hands-on in a single kitchen, perhaps running a small team, to working with many kitchens and helping them run smoothly.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of work experience in a restaurant/ hospitality role as a GM of a single site or similar
• Excited to learn and figure things out, asking great questions and being open to coaching
• Excited to travel and visit kitchens across the UK, talk to customers and help them cook our food well
• Friendly, positive, and clear communicator and enjoy meeting new people
• Fluent in English and right to work in the UK is a must
• Predictable working hours, no weekends
• Be part of a fast-growing startup

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension Scheme
• Stock options
• 25 days of holiday + bank holidays
• Work directly with and learn from the best food delivery brands