Restaurant General Manager - Italian

Job Description

Job Description

Restaurant General Manager – Fine Dining Italian Restaurant

Location: Wrentham, MA

Salary: $100,000–$125,000 Annually

Concept: Established, High-Volume Fine Dining Italian Restaurant

Annual Revenue: $5 Million+

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an accomplished, hands-on Restaurant General Manager to lead a highly regarded fine-dining Italian restaurant with over 30 years of culinary excellence and annual sales exceeding $5 million.

This exceptional opportunity requires a well-rounded hospitality professional who combines strong culinary knowledge, polished front-of-house leadership, financial acumen, and outstanding guest relations skills.

The ideal candidate will confidently oversee both kitchen and dining room operations while preserving the restaurant's longstanding traditions, exceptional quality, and reputation for authentic Italian hospitality.

Key Responsibilities

• Restaurant Operations: Lead daily front-of-house and back-of-house operations, ensuring exceptional food quality, service, and operational efficiency.
• Culinary Leadership: Oversee kitchen execution, food preparation, recipe consistency, plate presentation, menu development, and daily specials.
• Guest Experience: Maintain a polished, welcoming dining room presence, building relationships with guests and ensuring exceptional hospitality.
• Financial Management: Monitor food, beverage, and labor costs, inventory, purchasing, and operational profitability.
• Team Development: Recruit, train, mentor, and lead culinary and service teams while fostering accountability and collaboration.
• Operational Excellence: Maintain high standards of food safety, sanitation, service consistency, and restaurant performance.
• Ownership Collaboration: Work closely with ownership and established management to maintain traditions while implementing thoughtful improvements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 3 years of General Manager experience in upscale or fine dining; ideally 5–10+ years of progressive restaurant leadership.
• Strong culinary background is essential , with hands-on knowledge of kitchen operations, food preparation, menu execution, and cost controls.
• Proven success managing high-volume, full-service restaurants, preferably generating $4 million–$6 million or more annually.
• Exceptional front-of-house leadership, guest relations, and polished fine-dining service skills.
• Strong financial acumen, including food costs, beverage costs, labor management, inventory, and profitability.
• Experience with authentic Italian cuisine, European-inspired hospitality, or independently owned restaurants preferred.
• Previous Executive Chef, Sous Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Chef/Manager experience is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication, emotional intelligence, and leadership skills, with the ability to earn trust and lead with confidence and humility.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a culinary-minded General Manager who is equally comfortable leading the kitchen and serving as the face of the dining room.

This individual must be hands-on, financially astute, personable, and passionate about authentic Italian cuisine and exceptional hospitality. The ability to build trust with established ownership and longtime employees while providing confident, respectful leadership is essential.

Compensation & Opportunity

Base Salary: $100,000–$125,000 , commensurate with experience.

This is an outstanding opportunity to lead a successful, established fine-dining restaurant, work alongside experienced ownership, and play a meaningful role in its continued success and long-term future.

If you bring the culinary expertise of a chef, the business acumen of a seasoned operator, and the polished presence of a fine-dining hospitality leader, we welcome a confidential conversation.

Apply today to explore this exceptional General Manager opportunity in Wrentham, MA.

\nCompany Description

Gecko Hospitality, named to Forbes 2018, 2019 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 list of America’s Best Recruiting Firms, offers the largest selection of restaurant, catering, grocery store, corporate dining, senior living, healthcare food service, K-12 food service and higher education food service positions. Our hospitality-exclusive team covers all 50 states and Canada and offers professional placement services with over 120 dedicated hospitality experts.

Company Description

Gecko Hospitality, named to Forbes 2018, 2019 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 list of America’s Best Recruiting Firms, offers the largest selection of restaurant, catering, grocery store, corporate dining, senior living, healthcare food service, K-12 food service and higher education food service positions. Our hospitality-exclusive team covers all 50 states and Canada and offers professional placement services with over 120 dedicated hospitality experts.