Head Chef

The Midland Hotel; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading hotel group as a Head Chef in Aberdeen, where you'll lead a dynamic kitchen team to create memorable dining experiences. You'll design innovative menus, manage costs, and play a pivotal role in the hotel's success amidst exciting expansion plans.

Benefits

Head of Department bonus scheme

Enhanced pension plan

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company-wide recognition scheme

Meals on duty

Talent referral scheme

Employee Awards Celebration

Access to Company Pension Scheme

Job-related training programmes

Qualifications

• Experience managing kitchen staff and operations in a busy environment.
• Ability to design creative menus and control food costs.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team to deliver excellent guest experiences.
• Design and manage innovative food menus.
• Control costs and drive revenue for the kitchen.

Skills

Leadership

Creativity

Cost Management

Education

Culinary Degree

Job description

Be Yourself – Be an Inspiration to Your Team – Be Leonardo

As a Head Chef, you’ll be keeping your department running like clockwork and leading your team to ensure our guests have an incredible experience with us. Take a deep breath because you’ll be stepping into a busy role! You’ll think creatively to design food menus and items, and be in control of cost management in the Kitchen. You’ll also be nurturing the talent within your Kitchen, showing patience and understanding to all colleagues, and inspiring a vibrant team to exceed our guests’ expectations.

Some of the perks you could enjoy include:

• Head of Department bonus scheme: based on our financial and your personal performances
• Enhanced pension plan
• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Meals on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

If you’re our ideal Head Chef, you will:

• Be yourself!
• Keep the department calm, composed and organised – we don’t let it get too hot
• Be a role model for the department to support progression within your team
• Be proactive and contribute in the strategic running of the hotel
• Show us the money and drive revenue whilst controlling costs, maximising profit for the Kitchen
• And above all, be a trendsetter – lead the way!

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you’re part of the team, you’re part of the Leonardo community and it’s our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Head of Department (HOD)! Our HODs hold key team leadership roles, so we support your management skills with our “People Programme” and “Passion 4 People Leonardo Culture” workshops.

To develop vital business and people skills we offer an 8-month “Fast Forward Programme”, or if the time is right our longer-term “Accelerate Programme” will prepare you for your first DGM or Operations Manager role! “Accelerate” develops your abilities and expertise at Leonardo Hotels, along with an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) certificate and membership of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH). With our support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you’ll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!