Head Chef

The Lounges; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lounges is seeking a Head Chef passionate about real cooking to lead a dedicated team in a fast-paced environment. You'll ensure high-quality food preparation while managing a team and maintaining excellent kitchen standards. The role offers growth opportunities, competitive pay, and various perks to enhance your experience.

Benefits

Overtime pay

Staff food on every shift

50% staff discount from day one

Paid breaks

28 days holiday pro-rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Loungefest staff party

Personal development opportunities

Achievable bonuses

Equal tips shared across the team

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef.
• Proven kitchen skills with fresh ingredients.
• Experience managing kitchen performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all dishes are made to specification in a clean kitchen.
• Lead and develop a high-performing kitchen team.
• Manage kitchen metrics including GPs and food safety.

Skills

Chef skills

Kitchen management

Food prep hot and cold

Hygiene practices

Job description

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.

You'll be doing it your way. You'll be part of a dedicated, supportive team, working from our flexible all-day menu to give people food that'll make their day. It will be your responsibility to make each dish to specification, in a clean and safe kitchen, and to ensure all prep and par are completed for each shift. You'll be helping every customer leave happy, thanks to your great food.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one
• Paid breaks
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro-rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all-expenses-paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licensed Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast-growing business
• Achievable bonuses
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

• You are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.
• You will have experience working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)
• Your work ethic is rolling up your sleeves and getting stuck in, leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high-performing team.
• Familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour, stock, food safety requirements, and others.
• You will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs, labour/house, food preparation.
• You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs, and Sous Chefs.

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