Restaurant manager cover letter example
A restaurant manager’s cover letter shows an operations director that you can run a site well and profitably. Name the post and the restaurant you run, give its covers, sales and costs, show how you build and train a team, then say why this group.
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Lisa Moorcroft
Leeds · [email protected] · 07700 900281
17 October 2026
Mr Daniel Hirst
Operations Director
Ashgrove Dining Group
4 Wharf Approach
Leeds LS2 9ZQ
Dear Mr Hirst
Application for General Manager, Wharf Street
I am applying for the General Manager post at your new Wharf Street restaurant. For the last three years I have run Vellino, a 120-cover Italian restaurant in Leeds city centre with a team of 28 and sales of about £2.1 million a year.
I plan the menus with our head chef and cost every dish, so food stays at 28% of sales, and I keep labour inside 30% with weekly rotas for the kitchen and the floor. Last year I renegotiated our wine list with two suppliers and saved £14,000.
I recruited and trained 19 staff in 2025, and we kept our five-star food hygiene rating through two inspections. Opening a site from its first hire is the step I want next, and your plan to train every team in-house before opening is how I would want to do it.
My CV is attached. I can work evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and I can visit the site whenever suits you. Thank you for considering my application.
Yours sincerely
Lisa Moorcroft
Fictional letter from Lisa Moorcroft, the applicant in the restaurant manager CV example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
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I am applying for the General Manager post at your new Wharf Street restaurant. For the last three years I have run Vellino, a 120-cover Italian restaurant in Leeds city centre with a team of 28 and sales of about £2.1 million a year.
The post, and the size of the site you run now.
I plan the menus with our head chef and cost every dish, so food stays at 28% of sales, and I keep labour inside 30% with weekly rotas for the kitchen and the floor. Last year I renegotiated our wine list with two suppliers and saved £14,000.
The figures an operations director checks first.
I recruited and trained 19 staff in 2025, and we kept our five-star food hygiene rating through two inspections. Opening a site from its first hire is the step I want next, and your plan to train every team in-house before opening is how I would want to do it.
Your team and standards, and why this group.
My CV is attached. I can work evenings, weekends and bank holidays, and I can visit the site whenever suits you. Thank you for considering my application.
The CV, your availability and a short close.