Job Description

Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We are thrilled to have been recently crowned the 'Best Pub Employer' for 2025 at The Publican Awards!

Join us as a General Manager and we can offer you a generous package of up to 51,000 per year including Tip Jar plus uncapped bonus!

We're looking for a General Manager who can inspire & motivate a team with a strong focus on our guests. You'll be responsible for upholding our culture & values, championing standards, and leading a team of over 100 to deliver an authentic, fresh-food-based BBQ menu in one of the busiest restaurants in town!


If you are a passionate Manager, with experience in training & running flagship restaurants and are looking for your next big step on the hospitality ladder, then we want to hear from you.


As the fastest-growing Southern-style smokehouse group in the UK, with our award-winning Hickory's Training Academy, we offer amazing opportunities as we continue to expand. We also pride ourselves on a company culture that truly cares and embraces work-life balance. Apply now & we can tell you more about it!

Thank Yous & Benefits:

A generous General Manager package of up to 51,000

per year including

Tip Jar plus uncapped bonus!

Excellent training & progression opportunities

- through our award-winning Hickory's Training Academy.

Qualification opportunities

as you working (up to A-Level & Degree level equivalent).

Birthday reward meal

on us for you & your friends - every year.

Free smokin' BBQ on shift

- team food & drinks menu.

Christmas Day off work

- every year.

Moments that matter

- Paid occasions days off (Wedding day, kid's first day at school, moving into first home & more). Team Player card -

25% discount for you & 5 friends in all Hickory's

(rising to 50% for loyal service).

Road trips

to the Southern States, Europe & UK and stacks of

enrichment opportunities

.

Wellbeing support

& 24-hour access to our wellness programme. Our pledge to a

work-life balance

- monitoring & managing through our Red Zone. A packed

team social & engagement

calendar & annual team party. A chance to 'give a bit back' with

fundraising activities

for Cash For Kids

Up to 500 for you

- through the refer a friend scheme

If that sounds good or you want to find out more? Click '

apply

' now and you could be our next General Manager!