Head Chef

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

Job summary

A leading hotel in Bradford seeks a passionate Head Chef to oversee kitchen operations and menu design. This pivotal role involves leading a vibrant team while ensuring cost-effective management and excellence in guest experiences. Join a growing hotel group that invests in your ongoing development and career progression.

Benefits

Head of Department bonus scheme

Enhanced pension plan

Special rates on hotel rooms

Company-wide recognition scheme

Meals on duty

Talent referral scheme

Celebration events

Access to Company Pension Scheme

Ongoing job-related training

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Strong leadership skills to manage kitchen staff and operations.
• Ability to control costs while maximizing profit.

Responsibilities

• Design food menus and control kitchen cost management.
• Lead and nurture the kitchen team to deliver exceptional dining experiences.
• Contribute strategically to hotel operations and revenue growth.

Skills

Cost management

Team leadership

Creativity

Proactivity

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!