Food and Beverage Manager Full time 37 hours per week £38,904.07 per annum We are recruiting a customer focussed Food and Beverage Manager to join the Marlowe Theatre team, leading the development of our food and beverage offer. This role will manage the Green Room and Kitchen teams to ensure an excellent experience for our visitors. The Green Room is our established onsite caf and restaurant. Our menu features stunning dishes prepared with ingredients sourced from across Kent, and our busy pre-show dining service ensures that our audiences can enjoy a fantastic meal with a guarantee that they will be in their seats in time for the performance. Working with the Head Chef, our Food and Beverage Manager will develop and deliver an enticing food offer to suit the variety of customers that visit the Marlowe each day. Our theatre has three on site bars that cater for the audiences of our two auditoria, serving up to 10,000 customers a week. Our Food and Beverage Manager will curate a beverage offer across our restaurant and bar spaces that responds to our audiences' needs while ensuring they are operating commercially to reach agreed targets. Our Food and Beverage Manager should be commercially minded, and target driven, thriving in a fast-paced environment with a positive approach to problem solving. We want to work with people who are passionate about their work, resilient in the face of challenge and supportive of their colleagues. Customer focussed and passionate about creating an enticing food and beverage offer Personal License holder (or willing to attain while in post) To develop, plan and manage the Marlowe Theatre estate's food and Through the Marlowe Theatre websiteJob Summary
Job Description
Job Requirements
Organised and efficient, with an eye for detail
A creative thinker and problem solver
Advanced knowledge of best practice in restaurant and event operations
Advanced knowledge of principles of customer service
Advanced knowledge of the relevant legislation and regulations
Good knowledge of business management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Excellent commercial acumen
Excellent level of people management skills
Great level of problem-solving skills
Good numeracy skills
Good level of IT skills
Significant experience working in a restaurant, cafe or events hospitality environment, preferably in a management role
Good level of staff management experience
Good level of budget management experience
Some level of experience designing and costing menus
Level 2 Food Safety
Food Allergy AwarenessJob Responsibilities
beverage offer in line with the agreed commercial strategy.
Working with the Head Chef in designing and developing seasonal menus
that respond to our audiences' needs and the Front of House Manager in
curating a beverage offer across our restaurant and bar spaces.
To ensure that the food and beverage offer across the business (including
the Green Room, Kitchen and bars) operate in a commercial way to
achieve value for money, optimise financial return and reach agreed
targets and profit margins.
To develop and deliver the agreed brand identity and operational
procedures of the Green Room Caf and Restaurant, working with the Front of House Manager, Head Chef and Supervisors to set standards for high levels of service across our hospitality offer, ensuring we deliver a
consistently excellent standard of customer service and quality of food and
drinks.
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