Head Chef

HtE Recruitment Limited; Braintree; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

HtE Recruitment Limited is helping a pub that plans to launch a new food menu and needs a hands-on head chef to lead the kitchen. You will shape the menu, manage food orders and drive the kitchen operations in a small plates concept with a Sunday roast. A part-time kitchen assistant starts with you and grows to two in time.

The role requires cooking fresh food, strong knife skills, Level 2 Food Hygiene, and the ability to drive to Colchester and Braintree.

Qualifications

• Head chef background, from fresh food, at head chef or sous chef level.
• Ability to create menus including small plates and Sunday roast concepts.
• Food hygiene level 2 and strong knife skills required.

Responsibilities

• Run the kitchen and manage orders.
• Place food orders and assist menu creation with specials and seasonal items.
• Develop the small plates menu priced around £15–£17 and craft a popular Sunday roast.
• Hands-on leadership with core head chef duties and team management.

Skills

Head chef

Menu creation

Knife skills

Food hygiene level 2

Driving

Tools

Pizza oven

Job description

Head chef required for a Pub looking to launch a food menu. They will have a pizza oven and will be doing small plates (around 8 small plates on the menu). To start with it will be this person and a part time kitchen assistant and once the food takes off they will have two in the kitchen. The small plates will be serviced wednesday to saturday and on a sunday they will do a roast lunch. Head chef £38k, will need to drive.

The role

As a head chef you will run the kitchen, you will place the food orders, help create the menus which will include some specials and seasonal items, you will create a sunday menu that locals will love and also create the small plate menu at a price point of around £15-17 for a small plate. This is a very hands on role for the head chef and will include all the standard head chef duties.

Experience

We are looking for a head chef from a fresh food background at head chef or sous chef level. you will be able to create menus based around small plates and understand the local market. you will also have knowledge of sunday roast menus. you must have food hygiene, level 2 in food, good knife skills.

• head chef
• Pub
• launch a food offering within this pub
• need to drive
• driving distance of colchester and Braintree
• £38000