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About the Role
As an Area Kitchen Manager, you will lead the kitchen operation at the Leicester Arms and provide hands-on support to kitchen teams across the area. You will collaborate with General Managers, kitchen leaders, and the operations team to uphold high standards, enhance kitchen capabilities, and support recruitment, onboarding, and training.
Responsibilities
- Lead the kitchen operation at the Leicester Arms, ensuring every service runs smoothly and consistently.
- Support kitchen teams across the area with training, coaching, and operational guidance.
- Help recruit, onboard, and develop kitchen colleagues, building strong and capable teams.
- Work closely with General Managers and kitchen leaders to identify skills gaps and development opportunities.
- Deliver practical training to improve food quality, kitchen organisation, productivity, and team performance.
- Support new kitchen managers and chefs as they settle into their roles.
- Step into other pubs across the area when additional kitchen leadership or operational support is required.
- Communicate clearly with kitchen and front-of-house teams to ensure high-quality meals are delivered to customers on time.
- Maintain excellent standards of food quality, presentation, hygiene, and kitchen safety.
- Ensure allergen procedures, food safety regulations, and company policies are consistently followed.
- Share best practice across the area and introduce new ways of working that help kitchen teams perform more effectively.
- Lead by example, creating a positive, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
- Analyse stock performance across the area to identify cost and wastage saving as well as delivering new menu roll outs.
Requirements
- Experience managing a busy, high-volume kitchen as a Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or in a similar senior kitchen leadership position.
- A strong track record of training, coaching, and developing kitchen teams.
- Confidence supporting multiple kitchen operations or working across different venues.
- Experience recruiting, onboarding, and retaining kitchen colleagues.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise between your home pub and the wider needs of the area.
- The ability to build positive working relationships with General Managers, kitchen leaders, and operational stakeholders.
- A keen eye for delivering tasty, consistent, and well-presented meals to customers.
- The ability to remain calm under pressure and help teams overcome operational challenges.
- Strong knowledge of food safety, allergens, kitchen compliance, and health and safety regulations.
- Flexibility to travel between pubs within the area when required.
- Sufficient spoken and written English to perform the role safely, deliver training, and understand allergen controls.
Location
- Leicester Arms (Piccadilly)
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior kitchen leadership
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive Salary + Bonus
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Pension contribution
- Chance to further career across well-known brands
- Training and development at each level of career
- Discount of 33% for you and 15% for loved ones on all brands
- Free employee assistance program (mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support)
- Enhanced, family-friendly maternity and paternity policies
- Menopause Friendly Employer
- Discount of 50% for you and 25% for loved ones at Greene King Inns and hotels
- Refer a friend bonus up to £1,500
- Wagestream – access your wage before payday
- Retail discounts (up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with Three Mobile, and more)
About the Company
- Greene King pubs are community beacons where people come together.
- Our pubs are the heart and soul of their local areas, offering events, food, and drinks.
- We aim to embed inclusion into every decision we make – across our people, customers, communities, suppliers, and operations.
- We want to create a culture where everyone feels welcome, valued, and able to thrive.
Equal Opportunity
- CREATING PLACES WHERE PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME, SAFE AND THAT THEY BELONG
- We aim to embed inclusion into every decision we make – across our people, customers, communities, suppliers, and operations. We want to create a culture where everyone feels welcome, valued, and able to thrive.