Executive Chef

Amberley Castle; Amberley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A unique luxury hotel in the picturesque West Sussex countryside is seeking a Head Chef to manage a busy kitchen. Responsibilities include creating exciting dishes, ensuring food safety, and mentoring junior staff. Competitive pay, tips, and various perks are offered including off-site accommodation and development opportunities. Join a dedicated team in a historic setting where quality and guest satisfaction are paramount.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Accommodation options

Employee assistance programme

Development pathways

Milestone awards

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar environment at a similar level.
• Passion for cooking.

Responsibilities

• Run a busy kitchen and create exciting dishes.
• Manage kitchen and maintain cleanliness.
• Keep up to date with allergen training.
• Share knowledge with junior staff.

Skills

Cooking skills

Allergen management

Team management

Flexibility

Job description

Location

Located in the picturesque village of Amberley in the beautiful West Sussex countryside, Amberley Castle is a unique luxury hotel steeped in over 900 years of history. With 4 AA red stars, 3 AA rosettes, and a member of Relais & Châteaux, Amberley Castle gives our team the chance to work in a castle with quality and style.

Compensation and Benefits

Service charge – We pay our team service charge each month, and 100 % of that is shared amongst all the team. This can be in the region of £300 a month (close to £3,600 per year) over and above base pay.

Accommodation – The hotel may also offer off‑site staff accommodation in our two staff houses within walking distance to the hotel.

Other perks include competitive pay, tips, a Perkbox platform, discount rates across the hotel group, free meals when on duty, an employee assistance programme, development pathways, progression opportunities and milestone awards.

Responsibilities

As a Head Chef, you will be running a busy kitchen. You will be creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to guests. This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment, at a similar level previously.

• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to really put your knife skills to the test, cooking with the finest of ingredients.
• You need to keep up to date with the latest allergen training to keep our guests safe.
• Everyone in the kitchen is responsible for keeping it clean.
• Labeling out‑of‑date food is important.
• You will share your knowledge with new CDPs, KP’s and Commis coming into the industry.
• You’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen.
• You’ll write the allergen matrix to ensure that all our guests are kept safe.
• Keep on top of ordering via Procure Wizard.
• Work/life balance is important – we will try to be fair with rotas, and we ask that you can be flexible with us.

Qualifications

Experience in a similar environment at a similar level and a passion for cooking.

Benefits

• Competitive pay – A competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus service charge and tips on top.
• Perkbox platform – Retail and hospitality perks.
• 25% off food & beverage across our hotels, and staff rates for B&B.
• Externally run confidential helpline via Employee Assistance Programme.
• Free meals when on duty.
• Development pathways – unique opportunities to learn and develop.
• Hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• Milestone awards – Champagne, afternoon tea, dinner, extra days off, and unique gifts.

How to Apply

Send us a WhatsApp message with FAMILYFIRST to [phone] to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)

Our Hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable. Each of our hotels is unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests. We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award‑winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900‑year‑old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th‑century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station. Take a look here: www.brownswordhotels.co.uk