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Head of Kitchen Operations

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United Kingdom , London

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Head of Kitchen Operations - Everyman Cinema. 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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 20, 2026

Expiration:
March 16, 2026

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