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At Everyman, we redefine the cinema experience by bringing together luxury cinema and elevated hospitality, offering premium dining, curated drinks and seamless in seat service. Our back of house operation is central to delivering our guest experience, ensuring quality, consistency and precision within a film timed service model. We are seeking a highly experienced Head of Kitchen Operations to lead our kitchen operations nationwide. This is a leadership role with responsibility for performance and standards across 49 venues, ensuring our food offering continues to enhance and elevate the Everyman experience.
Job Responsibility:
Drive food quality, presentation standards and service timing aligned with film schedules
Optimise production flow to support peak showtimes and high-volume trading periods
Ensure adherence to Food Safety, HACCP and compliance standards
Manage food and labour cost targets to maximise profitability
Implement and refine procedures to support multi-revenue hospitality streams (dining, lounge, bar, events)
Support supplier relationships and procurement strategy
Provide strategic leadership to back of house operations
Create environments of accountability, collaboration and operational excellence
Work in close partnership with front of house leadership to deliver seamless, integrated guest experiences
Research and apply emerging food trends relevant to cinema and hospitality
Work collaboratively with Marketing and Operations to launch new food concepts and promotional initiatives
Support operational rollouts
Requirements:
A minimum of three years’ experience within a multi-site hospitality environment
Proven experience leading and developing back of house teams
Strong financial awareness, including food and labour cost management
In depth knowledge of food safety legislation and compliance
Experience in menu development for large scale food operations
Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills
Flexibility to travel regularly between venues
Nice to have:
Experience within high volume, fast paced environments such as leisure, retail or entertainment
Culinary training or equivalent experience
Exposure to guest led menu innovation
What we offer:
Competitive salary with performance related bonus scheme
Unlimited complimentary cinema tickets for you and your guests
50% discount on Everyman food and drink
Stream membership
the ability to access your wages when you need them
24/7/365 Employee Assistance Programme
Financial, legal, family, health and wellbeing tools and resources
Retail discounts
Cycle to Work scheme
Company wide events, leadership socials and performance led incentives