Grill Chef

The Peat Spade; Longstock; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premium pub company in Longstock is seeking a skilled Chef to lead the kitchen team. The successful candidate will possess at least 1 year of cooking experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to train junior chefs. This role offers a competitive hourly wage plus a share of tips, flexible shifts, and various employee discounts. If you have a passion for culinary excellence and team spirit, we want to hear from you. Join a growing business where you can thrive and develop your skills.

Benefits

Up to £13.00 per hour

Flexible shift patterns

33% off meals

Development program

Service Awards

Qualifications

• At least 1 year experience as a Chef.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Ability to train and develop junior chefs.

Responsibilities

• Cook guests' orders according to their preferences.
• Grill steaks to perfection.
• Employ food safety best practices.
• Create new specialties to attract diners.
• Coach kitchen staff for best performance.

Skills

Training and coaching junior chefs

Great communication skills

Culinary skills

Presentation skills

Job description

If you are looking for a new challenge in a growing business, then read on!

What’s in it for you?

• Up to £13.00 per hour plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over5,000 discountsacross all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a100% free benefitfor our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Chef Requirements:

• Be a strong Chef, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs
• At least 1 year experience as a Chef
• Great communication skills
• Right to Work in the UK
• Excellent culinary and presentation skills

Chef Responsibilities:

• Cooks guests' orders according to their preferences
• Is an expert at grilling steaks to perfection
• Employs food safety best practices and makes sure that all kitchen staff members do the same
• Acts with appropriate caution in a dangerous environment where there are knives and high-temperature surfaces
• Experiments to come up with new specialties that will draw diners into the restaurant
• Coaches other chef's and other members of the kitchen staff, so they perform at their best
• Keeps up with trends in cooking and the restaurant business to ensure that guests have a positive experience
• Works quickly and accurately during busy periods, such as weekends and evenings
• Occasionally takes on extra duties, such as cleaning, when the kitchen is short-staffed or the restaurant is particularly busy
• Takes direction and works with the restaurant's administrative team

A job you can enjoy

If you are a Chef with a passion for delivering service excellence, a love for preparing quality, food with a flair and have a great team spirit, then we want to hear from you!

What do we do?

We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.