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United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

Overseeing 11 restaurants (plus one Summer Pop up restaurant) in the West End/Central London with annual Budgeted turnover of £31.5 million per annum, including 4 restaurants with an annual turnover in excess of £3 million per year.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for full operational oversight of 5 restaurants; 4 in West London and 1 in Hoxton, average weekly sales of £95,000, with average size of site c.30 covers; 80/20 Dry/Wet split; 60/40 In-House to.
• Directly managing a team of 3 including an Area Chef, Training/Operational Support Manager and a Company Admin.
• Worked closely with Area Chef to deliver regular menu updates including Monthly Seasonal Salads and special menus for Christmas, NYE and Valentine’s Day, and Veganuary.
• Responsible for HR matters as well, including dispute resolution, but also reviewing company contract/salary structure and bonus structure to deliver better financial performance. Also, project lead in reviewing.
• Reduced staff turnover by 20% through overhaul of recruitment & training procedures. Reviewed and refined FOH service steps procedures to deliver a more premium guest experience, backed and supported by updated mystery.
• Project lead on introducing Access Maintain/Pronett to the business and roll out to the sites.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for initially for City of London/Central pubs and then latterly South West London, including Richmond, Barnes and Hammersmith. Areas varied in size from 11 up to 14 pubs and both areas with budgeted sales in excess of £18 million per annum.

London, United Kingdom

Area Manager overseeing 10 restaurants throughout West London and the Thames Valley.

London, United Kingdom

Overseeing 4 West London restaurants.

Broadgate, London

London, United Kingdom

General Manager at Lima Fitzrovia, Europe's only Michelin starred Peruvian restaurant. Also providing support for Lima Floral, LIMA London's newly opened Covent Garden bar and restaurant.

Sloane Square

Leading a management team of 6 managers and 4 chef managers, while co-ordinating a total staff of up to 70 employees at this flagship brasserie with weekly sales in the region of £60K. Cote Sloane Square is also the restaurant for the 4* Sloane Square Hotel, and Cote provides room service, conference service, and breakfast service for its guests. The.

Westbourne Grove

Brought in to trouble shoot a struggling unit, I successfully revived the fortunes of the restaurant by improving staff training, morale and retention. Mystery Diner scores were improved to stand 7th out of 40 restaurants by years end, and a restaurant whose sales had been in decline for the previous 2 years, were brought back into growth.

Ealing, London

Responsible for a team of over 30 people, and for all facets of the day to day running of the business, including recruitment, sales and marketing, and training. Led a team of 4 managers, while delivering Like for Like growth, and achieving all major KPI's such as GP's, Contribution, EBITDA and wages, as well as Mystery Diner service scores.

Richmond, London

Worked as part of a management team of 5 managers at this busy 135 cover restaurant, helping to deliver Like for Like growth of up to 10%.

Oxford, Bristol And Birmingham

Management of a 10 strong team of bartenders. Responsibilities for stock control and ordering, training and development, achieving sales targets and wage control.

Modern History

Activities and Societies: OURFC, Vincents St. Edmund Hall

Education record

Activities and Societies: 1st XV Rugby. JCR. CCF D Social