General Manager - London
| Posting date: | 19 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, W1J 7BQ |
| Company: | Compass Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 211618 |
Summary
We are Company of Cooks, and we believe brilliant food and drink starts with brilliant people. For over 25 years, we’ve been part of some of the UK’s most loved cultural destinations, from historic palaces and botanical gardens to buzzing galleries and performance spaces, running the cafés, restaurants, bars and events that bring these incredible places to life. Our values - Craft, Creativity and Community - guide everything we do. They shape how we work together, how we support our partners, and how we make each guest feel welcome. If you care about food, people and doing things properly, you’ll feel right at home here. Wherever we are, we do more than serve. We bring places to life through food, service and creativity and we’re looking for a General Manager to join out team in London.Location: London, W1J 7BQ Salary: £45,000 per annum Working Pattern: 5 over 7 days, 40 hours per week
Key responsibilities
What\\'s in it for you? Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we\\'ve developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
Key responsibilities
Managing turnovers of £500-1million
Managing a small team of 2
Holding regular feedback sessions with customers and clients to ensure we are exceeding their food service expectations
- Full of innovation and creativity to develop the food offering
- Lead, develop and manage the team staff members, ensuring you and staff members are up to date with COSHH and Food hygiene training and any other relevant trainings
- Develop and sustain strong working relationships with the relevant clients at the individual business
- Ensure the site achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget
What\\'s in it for you? Working with Company of Cooks has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we\\'ve developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
- Personal Development and Training opportunities
- Life assurance scheme
- Pension scheme
- Holiday allowance
- Eye care
- A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
- Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
- Family friendly support
- A holiday purchase scheme
- Regular social events and communication with our leaders
- Volunteering days
- Recognition schemes and people awards
- Long service awards
- Access to some great high street discount vouchers