Salary: £35,000-£40,000
What is the job?
Did you think your food career would lead you to become a Kitchen Manager at a cinema?
It’s not your stereotypical kitchen job, but every Picturehouse cinema brings something unique to the table – fueling film fans before they head in for the main event.
You could be our new Kitchen Manager at Picturehouse Central cinema, helping the General Manager to create unforgettable experiences to our customers through the food from one of the multiple outlets onsite, whether that is the restaurant, bar, cafe or at an event. Picturehouse Central is our flagship site and is still as rewarding as a typical kitchen, and you get a great work-life balance while leading a small team.
What do you get?
Base salary of £35,000-£40,000 + annual discretionary bonus
Working schedule: 40 hours per week and 2-3 weekends per month
Shifts: You will never do a split shift! The shifts that you will do are 9am to 5pm or 2pm to 10pm.
Free tickets for you and your friends/family + in cinema discounts, with your own Premiere Pass card!
Picturehouse offers a wide variety of benefits; early pay access, all employees are entitled to 28 days holiday per year (pro rata), Virtual GP, savings on restaurants, gyms and high street brands, cash back healthcare plan, eye care scheme and loads more! Read on here…
What will you be doing?
You will be accountable for the smooth running of the kitchen operations – ensuring all outlets on site provide excellent food and comply with all health & safety regulations and standards.
You will lead and manage the kitchen team day-to-day, from setting clear expectations and delegating tasks, to conducting performance check-ins, and fostering a positive, collaborative working environment.
You will work alongside the team, leading by example, coaching and developing where necessary to ensure high quality food is delivered. You will ensure the kitchen is running to a high operational standard, conducting stock takes, stock rotation, supplier ordering, health & safety and managing rotas.
About you
You are looking for a kitchen role where you get a work/life balance and will work with a small but dynamic team, being responsible for all aspects of running the food outlets on site (restaurant, cafe, bar & events)
You have strong knowledge and practices in food hygiene standards whilst taking pride in the food you cook and deliver for our customers to ensure the highest level of customer experience.
You will have excellent organisation skills while also being a strong leader that can coach the team to consistently work to a high standard.
You have strong experience of leading the operational aspects of a kitchen from ordering produce, stock taking, health & safety and any other tasks as requested by the General Manager.
You will be a great fit, if our values resonate with you: We Create, We Perform, We Inspire.
Read more about them here - About us - Picturehouse; Our People, Our Purpose
Who are Picturehouse?
Working at Picturehouse…just a whole load of Cinema’s, right? Wrong!
Picturehouse Cinemas is so much more than screens and popcorn! As part of the Regal Cineworld Group, we are cinemas in the heart of neighbourhoods, ingraining ourselves within local communities as social hubs; dedicated to 'sharing joy through extraordinary experiences'.
Each of our architecturally unique venues are places to eat, meet and relax, supplemented with a wide variety of productions ranging from live streamed Opera through to immersive showings of the big blockbusters, plus the best of cinema from around the world and more.
With an office in central London and cinemas countrywide we have a variety of roles that see our people working on either a hybrid or field based/remote basis.
One thing we pride ourselves on at the Regal Cineworld Group is our people and being able to support our people to pursue the career paths they want within the Cineworld & Picturehouse brands. We help YOU grow.
Read more about the Cineworld & Picturehouse culture here – Cinema Stories
Do you feel like you don’t have all the experience listed but would love to explore a career at Cineworld? Please still contact [email protected]. We understand that confidence gaps and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting incredible candidates, and we wouldn’t want this to prevent us from meeting you.