Flexible.

At British Garden Centres not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional dining Experience too.

We have a great opportunity for Restaurant Team Members to come and join our friendly Restaurant. Bringing our food and Restaurant to life for our guest to remember. Must be fully flexible, hours involve weekend work.

May be required to use a computerised tilling system.

Will also involve usual jobs associated with working in a busy restaurant.

Must be Friendly & Confident for this customer facing role.

Be able to work on own initiative & as part of a team, able to adapt to the demands & speed of the business at peak trading.

What we Offer:

Benefits include Staff car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as at our Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Willingness to learn.

Team player.

Excellent customer service skills.

Experience working in a similar role.

Must be fully flexible.

Duties will include:

To include all aspects of restaurant duties.

Serving customers.

Clearing tables.

Sweeping and mopping.

Washing up duties.

Making drink.

Till operation.

Handling money.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

To apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Sam Coxall, Restaurant Manager-

scoxhall@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Thursday 30^th May 2024     

Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.

We are looking for an experienced Deputy Restaurant Manager who has a passion for creating excellent food as well as good organisational skills. You will have proven capabilities for running a successful restaurant/kitchen and promoting excellent customer service.  You must be enthusiastic and wish to pro-actively develop the business. This is a hands-on role where teamwork and communication are vital.

The main function of the Deputy Restaurant Manager is to oversee staff, ensure that the business operation runs smoothly and handle escalated customer queries and grievances.  In addition, you will perform the duties and responsibilities for the Restaurant Manager in their absence.

 Candidate needs to have experience as a Deputy Manager.

2 years’ experience in a branded Restaurant.

2 years’ experience in hospitality Management

What we Offer:

 No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year-round business.

Security of working in a well-established expanding family business & the associated benefits

Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.

50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, additionally discount rates available for Woodthorpe Leisure Park

Requirements of the Role:

 Previous experience working in a busy hospitality venue.

Thorough understanding of allergens and food safety.

Excellent communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Strong IT & communication skills.

Flexible in terms of days and hours worked to meet business demands.

Solid leadership qualities with an ability to engage with a large team to drive service and standards.

Knowledge of HACCP.

Professionalism and reliability.

Remains calm under pressure.

Good time management.

Level 2 basic food hygiene.

Must be friendly & confident for this customer facing role.

Duties Include:

 Organising team schedules, handling staff issues and sick leave

Evaluating employee performance and providing training and guidance as needed

Managing various department-specific initiatives and ensuring that these are completed within the scope, time and budget.

Filling in for absent employees and assisting teams as needed to successfully complete projects.

Ensuring that employees follow company policies, as well as health and safety regulations.

Ensuring a high and consistent standard of customer service.

Business compliance in accordance with Health and safety and food safety laws and regulations.

Good IT skills – Excel and word

Social Media – Facebook
To apply:

 Please send your CV and cover letter to: Jacob Swaby, Restaurant Manager  

jswaby@britishgardencentres.com

 Applications close – Wednesday 29^th May 2024

 If you’re application is successful, someone from the management team will be in touch with you.

Fully Flexible – Including Weekends

We are looking for skilled Chefs/Cooks to prepare delicious meals according to the menu. You will cook dishes that will delight our customers with their taste and timely delivery.

An excellent Chef/Cook must be able to follow instructions in cooking and delivering well-prepared meals. They must be deft in moving around the kitchen and apt in multi-tasking. Experience in using various ingredients and cooking techniques is also important.

 The goal is to help preserve and enhance our reputation so we can expand our clientele.

If you are looking for a role where you are given the opportunity to take pride in your work, where you can create your own ideas for specials and home baking, then we would love to hear from you.

Some evening work required to cover events.

What we offer:
Security of working in a well-established expanding family business.
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day & Easter Sunday
50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, discount rates available at our Leisure Park.

Skills needed:

Experience of working in a busy kitchen.

Creative at making dishes but also able to work to specs.

Experience of cooking carvery is an advantage.

Knowledge of HACCP.

Able to manage multiple orders.

Professionalism and reliability.

Remain calm under pressure.

Good time management.

Level 2 basic food hygiene is an advantage.

Duties include:

Receiving deliveries.

Food preparation.

Producing specials.

Prepare, cook, and present food quickly and efficiently to a high standard.

Monitor portion size and waste.

Clean and tidy kitchen

To apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Alex Berry – Restaurant Manager

 aberry@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close – Wednesday 29^th May 2024

Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.

At British Garden Centres, not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our Centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional dining experience too.

As a Team Leader you will lead, inspire, and develop an amazing team and ensuring all customers have a great in store experience. This role is a combination of physically demanding work in all types of weather, assisting customers & maintaining the department.

Horticulture/Nursery experience is needed.

What we Offer:

Benefits include onsite car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as the Woodthorpe Leisure Park.

 Skills required:

Excellent customer service.
Supervisory experience.
Able to work on one’s own initiative.
Adhering to company policies.
Work well under pressure.
Good time management.
Professionalism and reliability.

 Duties will include:

Maintain plant area.

Supervising duties including key holder.

Excellent customer service.

Organising team schedules and any staff issues.
Evaluating employee performance and providing training and guidance as needed.
Filling in for absent employees and assisting teams as needed to successfully complete projects.
Ensuring that employees follow company policies as well as health and safety regulations.
Ensuring a high and consistent standard of customer service.
Business compliance in accordance with Health and Safety and food safety laws and regulations.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

 How to apply:

Please send your CV:

Ben Dowling, Garden Centre Manager

  bdowling@britishgardencentres.com

 Applications close –Wednesday 29th May 2024

 Due to the high volume of applications, if your application is successful, someone from the management team will be in touch with you, thank you.

Flexible, Temporary Contract

At British Garden Centres not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional dining Experience too.

We have a great opportunity for Restaurant Team Members to come and join our friendly Restaurant. Bringing our food and Restaurant to life for our guest to remember. Must be fully flexible, hours involve weekend work.

May be required to use a computerised tilling system.

Will also involve usual jobs associated with working in a busy restaurant.

Must be Friendly & Confident for this customer facing role.

Be able to work on own initiative & as part of a team, able to adapt to the demands & speed of the business at peak trading.

What we Offer:

Benefits include Staff car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as at our Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Willingness to learn.

Team player.

Excellent customer service skills.

Experience working in a similar role.

Must be fully flexible.

Duties will include:

To include all aspects of restaurant duties.

Serving customers.

Clearing tables.

Sweeping and mopping.

Washing up duties.

Making drink.

Till operation.

Handling money.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

To apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Sarah Evans, Restaurant Manager

sevans@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Tuesday 28^th May 2024     

Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.

At British Garden Centres, not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our Centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional customer service experience too.

We are looking for a Garden Centre Team Member Plants, you will be the heart of our operations and ensuring customers have the best experience in store.

You will need to be physically fit as some heavy lifting and moving involved.

What we Offer:

Benefits include Staff car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as at our Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Basic knowledge of horticulture.

The role does involve heavy lifting and pulling large trollies so you must be physically fit.

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Work well under pressure.

Professionalism and reliability.

Good time management.

Excellent customer service skills.

Highly motivated and enthusiastic with a drive to succeed.

Duties will include:

Plant maintenance and care.
Plant watering.
Helping customers with their purchases including giving advice.
Pricing, displaying & merchandising of a variety of products.

Breaking down of Danish trollies and maintaining standards back of house.
Quality customer service.
General daily housekeeping.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

How to apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Natalie Dubeau, Garden Centre Manager

 ndubeau@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Tuesday 28^th May 2024 

 Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.

We are seeking an experienced Restaurant Team Leader to join our team; in this role you will be asked to perform a variety of managerial functions.

This starts with providing our customers with consistently high-quality dining experience. To do this, you will need to motivate our staff and demonstrate superior customer serve skills.

As Team Leader, you will also help our team to meet its standards for quality. This will involve ensuring that all food health and safety requirements are met.

Your job may require you to hire new staff, train them and create schedules for the dynamic needs of the kitchen.

 What we offer:

No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year-round business.

Security of working in a well-established expanding family business & the associated benefits

Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day & Easter Sunday

50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, additionally discount rates available for Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Excellent customer service skills.

Strong FoH and BoH skills.

Computer literate including Word and Excel.

Barista experience.

Good problem solver.

Excellent communication skills.

Good IT skills including Microsoft Excel and Word.

Knowledge/experience of stock taking.

Ability to drive sales and manage labour.

Experience of food preparation and knowledge of food safety.

Confidence in dealing with customers and complaints.

Experience in leadership and a fast-paced food business essential.

Duties include:

Establish and maintain excellent standards of guest service.

Manage small team of staff.

Assist with stock taking.

Plan staff rotas.

Deputise in the Restaurant Manager’s absence.

Adhere to company policies and ensure that these are fully communicated to all team members.

To establish and maintain the highest standards of hygiene in accordance with Health & Safety.

To apply:

Please send your CV to: Amy Harber, Restaurant Manager

 aharber@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Tuesday 28^th May 2024

Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful.

Fully Flexible Temporary Contract

Not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our Centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional customer service experience too.

We are looking for Garden Centre Team Members, you will be the heart of our operations and ensuring customers have the best experience in store.

Temporary Contract

Must be able to work weekends.

Heavy lifting will be required, physical job, needs to be strong and able to lift.

What we Offer:

Benefits include Staff car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as at our Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Willingness to learn.

Team player.

Excellent customer service skills.

Good time keeping

Duties will include:

Till Operations.

Pricing, displaying & merchandising a variety of products.

Moving furniture around departments.

Quality customer service.

General housekeeping.

Customer service

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

How to apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Harry Pinnock Centre Manager

 hpinnock@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Tuesday 28th May 2024    

 Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.

Temporary Contract

We are currently looking for Team Member to work in our fast paced and very customer focused Centre.

The successful candidates will be highly motivated, approachable and have excellent people skills with a positive “can do” attitude plus a keen eye for detail.

This is a very hands-on role and as such you will need to be proactive, highly motivated, organised and have good communication skills. Previous retail/customer service/ Till Operator experience preferred; however full training will be provided where necessary.

What we offer:

 We offer benefits including Staff parking and staff discounts for our Garden Centres and Restaurants including the Leisure Park.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward thinking team, we want to hear from you.

Requirements of the Role:

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Work well under pressure.

Professionalism and reliability.

Good time management.

Excellent customer service skills.

Flexible in terms of days and hours worked to meet the business needs.

Duties Include:

Till operation

Taking Cash and Card Payments.

Assisting customers with their purchases.

Quality customer service.

General housekeeping and maintaining a tidy till area.

Merchandising.

Stock replenishment.

To apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Stuart Horton Garden Centre Deputy Manager

shorton@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close – Monday 27^th May 2024

 Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application has been successful.

Fully Flexible -Temporary Contracts

Not only do we aim to deliver a great experience in our Centres, but we go above and beyond in creating an exceptional customer service experience too.

We are looking for Garden Centre Team Members, you will be the heart of our operations and ensuring customers have the best experience in store.

Must be able to work weekends.

Heavy lifting will be required, physical job, needs to be strong and able to lift.

What we Offer:

Benefits include Staff car parking and staff discount at our Garden Centres and Restaurants as well as at our Leisure Park.

Skills required:

Good communication skills and able to work as part of a team.

Willingness to learn.

Team player.

Excellent customer service skills.

Good time keeping

Duties will include:

Till operations.

Plant Maintenance

Pricing, displaying & merchandising a variety of products.

Moving furniture around departments.

Quality customer service.

General housekeeping.

If you would like to join our family run business and bring your ideas and talents to our fast-growing company and forward-thinking team, we want to hear from you.

How to apply:

 Please send your CV to:

Dee-Ann Spreckley, Centre Manager

 dspreckley@britishgardencentres.com

Applications close –Friday 24^th May 2024    

 Due to the high volume of applications, we will only contact you if your application is successful.