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Food writing jobs in United Kingdom

  • General Manager
    General Manager
    23 days ago
    £42500–£44000 yearly
    Full-time
    London

    General Manager – Coqfighter Liverpool Street Lead the Team. Own the Restaurant. Help Shape What's Next. At Coqfighter, we've built a reputation for doing one thing exceptionally well: serving incredible chicken with genuine hospitality and zero pretension. What started as a street food concept has grown into one of London's favourite independent restaurant brands. We're ambitious, founder-led, and obsessed with creating great experiences for both our guests and our teams. Now we're looking for a General Manager to lead our Liverpool Street restaurant. Whether you're already running a successful site or you're a high-performing Assistant Manager ready for the next step, this is an opportunity to take real ownership, make an impact, and grow with a business that's still writing its story. The Role You'll be the driving force behind the restaurant. From developing and motivating your team to delivering exceptional guest experiences and strong commercial performance, you'll set the tone every day. You'll create an environment where people enjoy coming to work, guests can't wait to come back, and standards never slip. This isn't a role for someone who wants to manage from the sidelines. We're looking for a leader who loves being on the floor, knows how to bring out the best in people, and takes pride in running a brilliant restaurant. What We're Looking For • A natural leader with warmth, confidence, and strong people skills, • Experience managing or supporting a high-volume hospitality operation, • Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and leads calmly under pressure, • Strong commercial awareness, with experience managing labour, stock, ordering, and costs, • A passion for developing teams and creating a positive culture, • High standards, strong organisation, and attention to detail, • A hands-on approach and a genuine love for hospitality What You'll Get • Competitive salary, • Quarterly performance-based bonus scheme, • 28 days paid holiday, • Free staff meals on shift, • Ongoing training and support, • The opportunity to grow within an ambitious independent business, • A supportive, collaborative culture where your ideas are valued, • The chance to make a genuine impact, not just fill a position Why Coqfighter? We're big believers that great restaurants are built by great people. We're ambitious but grounded. We care deeply about quality, hospitality, and looking after our teams. We challenge each other, celebrate wins together, and never lose sight of why people choose to spend their time with us. If you're ready to lead from the front, build a great team, and be part of the next chapter of Coqfighter, we'd love to hear from you.

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  • Head Chef
    Head Chef
    1 month ago
    £45000–£50000 yearly
    Full-time
    London

    We're looking for a new Head Chef to join our OG site in Brixton! Earlier this year we became the National Burger Awards Winner 🏆! We actually came 3rd in 2024 too! We've managed to really cement ourselves as a top burger spot nationally! We were TopJaw's personal top burger choice, and feature on loads of the top burger spot lists including TimeOut, Evening Standard, Esquire and many more. We opened out 9th restaurant this Spring and looking for our next spot. Simple done well is one our philosophies, so if you take pride in attention to detail, cooking with top quality produce and not over complicating anything then you'll fit right in! About the Role • Team management - Hiring, training, writing rotas (to a budget), leading a shift from the front, • Stock Management - Ordering, Stock rotation, Stock counts, minimising wastage and maintaining quality, • Due Diligence - keeping the highest hygiene standards, maintaining cleaning and cooking records, avoiding cross contamination and overall awareness of food safety and health & safety., • Role Model - Leading by example, taking huge pride in everything you do and taking the time to get the best out of your team. The other bits! • Pay package up to £50k/yr, • £34k/yr basic, • £9k+/yr tronc, • £4k/yr KPI target based bonus, • £2.7k/yr Deliveroo sales bonus, • 45h/wk on the rota plus admin (1-2h/wk) If this sounds like something you're interested in we'd love to hear from you!

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