Chef - Cowes - Royal London Yacht Club

Royal London Yacht Club; Cowes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal London Yacht Club is seeking an ambitious and experienced chef to deliver high-quality food for a discerning clientele. The role includes managing kitchen operations and catering for private events, particularly during busy seasons like Cowes Week. A background in event catering is preferred, ensuring excellent service and food quality throughout the greater season.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role.
• Passion for using fresh quality ingredients.
• Ability to manage a kitchen and maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Manage kitchen operations including ordering and preparation.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.

Skills

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Creativity

Job description

You will be a hard working passionate, ambitious and experienced chef producing high quality food. This role would suit someone who has a passion for using fresh, quality ingredients for a discerning clientele in a private Members Club. Event Catering experience would be an advantage.

The candidate will:

• Produce fantastic food to a high level, including breakfast, lunch and dinner (Mainly Weekends)
• Be inventive in menu choices and flexible in approach to service times
• Possess excellent communication skills, co-operate with other Team members
• Ensure accurate records are kept at all times relating to the food production and wastage for all service periods.
• Ensure that all foods are labelled, stored and handled in accordance to Health and Safety requirements.
• Fully manage your kitchen; this includes ordering, food preparation, service and handovers.
• Maintain the standards laid down by the management
• Have previous experience in a similar role

Working Hours- Flexible but Core service times are Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun (+prep time during week) occasional mid week events

Adhoc events to cater for out of the sailing season and more hours in season for regattas, Cowes Week etc

We are ideally looking for a candidate that can hit the ground running for Cowes Week 2025. If you would like to discuss this role, please call Tracy Jones, General Manager, on 01983 299727 anytime between 09.00-17.00 Monday to Friday.