Head Chef

Rewards and Benefits

In addition to your salary, you will receive the following benefits:

• Discount Following your successful probation period you will receive 50% discount on specific items
• Tronc
• Workplace pension

Head chef responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• As required work in our other sites
• Work alongside the Operations team to bring creative and exciting ideas for new dishes
• Undertake training, performance reviews, conduct 1:1s and coaching to develop your team to our high standards
• Daily and weekly ordering, ensuring that produce is quality and price checked and relevantly dealt with if not of good quality or value
• Produce and serve high-quality dishes and seasonal specials
• Ensuring wastage is kept to a minimum level
• Exceptional allergen. Ensure all chefs are complying with these standards
• Proficiently and confidently run a fast passed kitchen. Leading, directing, and motivating the chef team with passion and enthusiasm to deliver a wow customer experience
• Ensure the highest level of cleanliness is achieved across all areas of the kitchen, all statutory paperwork is complete and correct to ensure we retain our 5-star hygiene record. In addition to this meeting our internal audits
• Full responsibility of kitchen teams rota to ensure each day is adequately staffed. Work with the General Manager actively participating in the recruitment process
• Oversee and ensure all legal paperwork is complete and up to date

Capabilities

• Strong leader with excellent coaching and mentoring skills
• Exceptional communication skills, listening as well as talking
• Positive and enthusiastic approach to work to create a positive team culture
• Effective multitasker and problem solver Must be able to identify and solve problems as they arise as well as fit management duties around running busy service

Requirements

• Current full driving license
• Proven experience of managing and developing a team
• You must be able to bend, lift and carry items as required and sustain periods of time on your feet
• Ability to take customer and management feedback on board and effectively pass relevant instructions onto others
• Smart appearance

Working with

• Reporting to the General Manager and Operations Team
• Work alongside Front of House Managers, leading all Chefs & Kitchen Assistants

If this Head Chef position sounds like the ideal opportunity for you then apply to us directly, wed love to hear from you!