General Manager
The Field - Farmshop & Kitchen
Bristol•£38000 to £40000 plus tronc•Full time
Launching September 2026
We're looking for an energetic, passionate, and commercially minded Farm Shop & Restaurant Manager to lead and grow our farmshop & kitchen.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to make a real impact - helping shape the future direction of the business, championing local produce, creating exciting events, and building a welcoming community space that people love to visit.
You'll take ownership of the day-to-day operation, lead and develop the team, drive sales and profitability, ensure excellent food safety standards, and create exceptional customer experiences.
What You'll Be Doing
- Leading the daily operation of the farmshop and kitchen/restaurant working closely with our fantastic head chef and the wider team.
- Driving sales, profitability, and business growth.
- Managing stock, labour, waste, and operational performance.
- Developing seasonal promotions, events, workshops, and community activities.
- Championing local suppliers and farm-produced products, working with our very own farm.
- Delivering outstanding customer service and creating a destination experience.
- Leading, coaching, and developing a high-performing team.
- Maintaining exceptional food safety, health & safety, and compliance standards.
What We're Looking For
- Experience in retail, hospitality, farmshop, café, restaurant or food service management.
- Strong leadership and people management skills.
- Commercial awareness and a passion for delivering results.
- A genuine enthusiasm for local food, farming, and community engagement.
- Someone with the drive, creativity, and passion to take ownership and make things happen
Staff perks:
- A paid day on our Kitchen Farm - Every year take a paid day away and spend it with our head grower on our own farm. A chance to enjoy some fresh air and shore up your knowledge on all things sustainable growing
- Paid charity day - Take a full paid day off to support a charity of your choice
- 5 year anniversary gift - To celebrate the bigger milestones we will be gifting you with a four week fully paid sabbatical on your 5th work anniversary with us
- Birthday break - A day of paid leave for your Birthday
- 50% off food - Enjoy lunch or dinner in any of our sister brand of restaurants, Cow & Sow (up to 4 people)
- Christmas Day, Boxing Day & New Year’s Day off - We are closed 25th-26th December & 1st January
- Discounted farmshop produce - to take home and enjoy for yourself
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tronc - We ensure everybody is duly rewarded for enhancing our guest experience. We are firm believers that every person within the business are as critical as the other and for that reason we ensure tronc is distributed equally amongst ALL team members relative to the hours worked.
- Access to YuLife - A wellbeing app, including employee assistance, a wellness hub, discounts, 24/7 virtual GP service & more
- Enhanced maternity, adoption & paternity leave - To support our new parents when they are having a baby we are offering an enhanced leave. It’s full basic pay for the first 12 weeks of maternity/adoption and 2 weeks for paternity leave.
- Up to 50% discount off live sports games - Get discounted tickets to watch Bristol Bears men and women’s rugby, Bristol City men and women’s football and Flyers basketball.
- Life cover for up to £100,000 - Applied on completion of a year with the company
- Full Health Insurance for selected posts - Including up to 40% discount off selected Health Club and Gym memberships. (subject to position and length of employment company)
- Wellness and mental health support - Online and/or 1 to 1