Head Chef

JR United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in hospitality is seeking a passionate Head Chef to lead their Kitchen team at a historic hotel in Aberdeen. This role offers the opportunity to create innovative menus, manage kitchen operations, and develop a talented team. The ideal candidate will have a strong culinary background, exceptional communication skills, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of food safety and quality. Join a vibrant team that values career development and offers a supportive environment, where your culinary expertise can shine and make a significant impact on guest experiences.

Benefits

Career Development Pathways

Employee Discounted Accommodation

Meals Provided on Duty

Life Assurance

Social Events and Team Activities

Length of Service Related Holiday Scheme

Recommend a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef/Sous Chef with a proven track record.
• Strong culinary skills and kitchen management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Kitchen team, ensuring high morale and effective training.
• Create menus while controlling food costs and ensuring quality.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Kitchen Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Education

Culinary Degree or Equivalent Experience

Job description

The Copthorne Hotel Aberdeen is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead the Kitchen team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Creating a stable working environment and high morale within the Kitchen team, providing training, guidance and support to each individual.
• Creating menus, focusing on quality, taking into account guest preferences, seasonality and controlling food costs to achieve gross profit targets.
• Placing food orders in line with purchasing instructions and specifications. Ensuring that the team are trained to deal effectively with receipt of delivery, authorising acceptance and overseeing correct storage of goods received. Effective control measures must be in place from delivery to service.
• Ensuring that effective systems are in place for the operation and cleaning of equipment correctly, adhering to maintenance, safety requirements and cleaning schedules.
• Ensuring appropriate systems and processes are in place to comply with regulations relating to Health & Safety, Food Safety, Hotel rules and regulations and Emergency procedures.
• Effectively managing the Kitchen team, dealing with recruitment, induction, training and development including completion of regular reviews, annual appraisals, etc.

What are we looking for?

• Previous experience as a Head Chef/Sous Chef.
• Proven track record as a Head Chef/Sous Chef in culinary skills, kitchen management and development of the Kitchen team.
• Enthusiastic and motivated, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• An excellent communicator who has the ability to develop positive relationships with other departments in the hotel to ensure that control measures are understood and adhered to.

About the Hotel

The Copthorne Hotel Aberdeen is a beautifully maintained historic building situated in the heart of Aberdeen’s West End and provides convenient access to surrounding areas. The hotel offers 87 bedrooms, all with modern amenities.

The Grain Store Bistro & Bar offers a warm and friendly atmosphere with something for everyone from our delicious menu, lighter meals are available in the bar area. Our Aberdon Function Suite, with private bar is ideal for conferences, exhibitions, private events and weddings.

For you

We offer a benefits package including:

• Career development pathways and regular salary reviews.
• Employee Discounted Accommodation and F&B discounts worldwide!
• Life Assurance, where applicable.
• Meals Provided on Duty.
• Social Events, Wellbeing and Team Activities.
• Length of Service related holiday scheme.
• Recommend a Friend Scheme, where eligible.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the United Kingdom. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

To improve compliance with identity document validation, successful applicants will provide their right to work in UK which will be verified using Trust ID Scanners and Software.