Champneys
Restaurant Manager
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Champneys Springs
Contract: Full Time
Salary: £29,500
At Champneys, dining is an essential part of the wellness experience. As Restaurant Manager, you’ll lead our food and beverage service with confidence, warmth, and precision – ensuring every guest enjoys exceptional hospitality, every service runs seamlessly, and every team member feels supported to perform at their best.
This is a hands-on management role where high standards, great food, and genuine care for people come together.
About Champneys
Champneys is the UK’s original health spa brand, built on the belief that health, beauty, and wellbeing are deeply connected. Family-owned and values-driven, we operate award-winning spa resorts, hotels, and day spas delivering exceptional guest journeys in beautiful, calm environments.
Our teams are passionate, professional, and proud of the service they deliver, and our Restaurant Managers play a vital role in that experience.
The Role
As Restaurant Manager, you’ll take full responsibility for the day-to-day operation of our restaurant and bar / café areas, ensuring outstanding service, strong financial performance, and a consistently high guest experience.
You’ll lead and develop your team on the floor, work closely with senior leaders and chefs, and ensure service delivery aligns with Champneys’ wellbeing ethos, dietary standards, and luxury brand expectations.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Leading the restaurant operation and setting service standards
- Managing, motivating, and developing your team through effective leadership
- Ensuring every service runs smoothly, professionally, and on brand
- Building positive relationships with guests and resolving feedback confidently
- Overseeing rotas, staffing levels, and payroll spend within budget
- Managing stock, suppliers, and equipment to agreed standards
- Driving strong financial performance and continuous improvement
- Ensuring full compliance with food safety, health & safety, and company policies
- Acting as Duty Manager on a rota basis and supporting wider resort operations
- Working collaboratively with Chefs, Front of House, and senior leaders
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What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience managing a restaurant or food and beverage operation
- A confident, visible leader who enjoys being on the floor with their team
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to manage budgets and costs
- Passion for service excellence and guest experience
- Excellent communication and people-management skills
- Calm, organised, and solutions-focused under pressure
- Experience in a premium hospitality environment is desirable
Why Work at Champneys?
- Lead dining experiences within an iconic wellbeing brand
- Family-owned business with strong values and clear standards
- Opportunities to grow and develop your leadership career
- Supportive senior teams who value great operators
- Wellbeing-focused culture aligned to healthy living and balance
- Competitive pay and benefits, including spa and retail discounts
- Pride in delivering exceptional service every day
At Champneys, our Restaurant Managers don’t just run services – they shape experiences, develop people, and uphold the standards that define our brand.
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Being the iconic wellbeing brand that we are, you should expect benefits that match our simple vision; to make you feel happier and healthier inside and out.
Not only will you work in great company, but you will also have access to the following:
- Health, Wellness, and Wellbeing incentives
- Digital fitness programmes
- Nutrition guides and recipes
- Self-Guided meditation
- Wellbeing podcasts
- Champneys experiences (such as an overnight stay or an ultimate spa day experience)
- App for all schedules, timesheets, annual leave, and all the important things you need at your fingertips
- In-house social media connecting our Champneys Family
- Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling sessions and legal advice if required, other perks such as shopping discounts and financial support to list a few benefits
- Motivating, rewarding, and engaging colleague events
- Discounted stays for you, your friends, and family at any of our properties
- Complimentary Spa Day on completion of your probationary period
- 50% discount on all Champneys products
- Great discounts on our partner products Elemis and Clarins
- Discounted membership to our exceptional health clubs
- Merlin Entertainments Attraction
- Introduce a friend incentive
- Long Service celebrations
- Free parking (Eastwell Manor, Forest Mere, Henlow, Motram Hall, Springs, Tring, and the College only)
- Professional Uniform
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