Head of Restaurants & Bars | High-Profile Destination | Ireland

Red D are recruiting a Head of Restaurants & Bars for one of Ireland’s most talked-about and high-profile destinations.

This is a senior leadership role with real scale and genuine headroom for the right person to make their mark. You’ll lead a large, multi-outlet food and beverage operation where pace is fast, volumes are high and expectations don’t ease off.

This isn’t a hotel role and it’s not a small group of outlets. It’s a complex, high-footfall environment where everything needs to work, all day, every day.

This role is about taking what’s there and making it sharper, more consistent and more commercially effective.

Ideas matter here. But they only count if they work in the middle of a busy service.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading a high-volume, multi-outlet restaurants and bars operation with full accountability
• Driving menu development, service style and overall customer experience
• Making sure new ideas translate into something that actually works on the ground
• Keeping standards consistent across all outlets, all day
• Owning performance across P&L, labour, cost control and commercial delivery
• Identifying ways to increase spend, improve flow and maximise trading opportunities
• Working closely with senior stakeholders to align food and beverage with the wider experience
• Supporting large-scale events, seasonal peaks and high-footfall trading periods

Who this role will suit

This role is for someone on an upward trajectory.

You’ve already built strong experience in high-volume hospitality. You know how to run an operation, lead a team and deliver standards.

But you’re not finished.

You’re looking for the next step where you can take on more, have a bigger voice and make a visible impact.

You bring energy into a business. You question things. You look at how operations run and see where they can be tighter, smarter and more relevant.

You’re not looking for a role to sit in. You’re looking for one to take ownership of and push on.

Leadership

This needs a strong, visible operator.

• Leading, developing and managing a large, diverse hospitality team
• Setting clear expectations and holding people to them
• Creating structure and consistency across multiple outlets
• Encouraging ideas, but knowing what will actually land in a live environment
• Managing performance, engagement and development without overcomplicating it

Standards & delivery

• Maintaining strong food safety, health and safety and operational standards
• Running a complex operation at peak volume without losing control
• Keeping a grip on detail while still driving the bigger picture

The person

• Clear upward trajectory in your career to date
• Senior experience in high-volume hospitality
• A track record managing large, multi-outlet restaurant and bar operations
• Confidence leading big teams in fast-paced environments
• Strong commercial awareness across budgets, labour and KPIs
• The ability to bring ideas and deliver them in a live, high-pressure setting
• Strong stakeholder management and presence at senior level
• A clear focus on standards, detail and delivery
• A hospitality qualification is helpful. Experience at this level matters more.

The opportunity

This is a high-profile role with real visibility.

You’ll be leading a busy, multi-outlet operation where expectations are high and the pace is constant. It suits someone who’s comfortable making decisions quickly and standing over them.

There’s real scope to shape the food and beverage offering, bring fresh thinking into the business and deliver it at scale.

If you want a role to maintain, this isn’t it.
If you want one to take on and move forward, it is.

We can only consider candidates with full, unrestricted permission to live and work in the EU.
UK passport holders are also welcome to apply.

About Red D Recruitment

Red D Recruitment specialises in senior hospitality recruitment across Ireland and the UK, placing General Managers, Managing Directors, CEOs, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers and Chief People Officers across hotels, workplace catering, tourism and visitor attractions.

Across hotels and hospitality businesses, Red D appoints Director of Operations, Hotel Manager, Director of Food & Beverage, Director of Sales & Marketing, Director of Revenue, Commercial Director, Finance Director, Director of Engineering, Director of Rooms, Director of Events and Director of People & Culture.

In workplace catering, Red D appoints Operations Directors, Catering General Managers, Hospitality Managers and Events Managers for leading workplace catering operations.

Red D also places Executive Head Chefs, Head Chefs, Executive Sous Chefs, Head Pastry Chefs and Michelin star kitchen teams for leading hospitality and tourism businesses.