Head Chef

An opportunity to join our family where work is a pleasure.

Location: ABode Canterbury is a stylish, four AA star 72-bedroom boutique hotel on Canterbury High Street, which houses our own restaurant brand, Brasserie ABode.

For the commuters, Canterbury East and West train stations are just a few minutes’ walk away.

SERVICE CHARGE - We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel - every penny received is paid out to the team.

Service charge can be in the region of £115 a month (around £1375 per year) over and above base pay for a full-time employee.

EXCITING ROLE, STARTING EARLY NEXT YEAR

Come and join our team as a Head Chef and let your passion and personality shine.

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.

As a Head Chef, you will be running a busy kitchen. You will be creating exciting and delicious dishes to be served to guests.

This role would suit someone who has worked in a similar environment previously, or a Sous Chef looking to take the next step in their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a skilled chef, you’ll get to really put those knife skills to the test.
• You’ll keep up to date with the latest allergen training.
• Everyone in the kitchen is responsible for keeping it clean.
• Labelling your food is important.
• Share your knowledge with new, budding CDPs, KPs, and Commis coming into the industry.
• You’ll be responsible for managing the kitchen.
• You’ll write the allergen matrix to ensure that all our guests are kept safe.
• Keep on top of ordering via Procure Wizard.

Work/life balance is important to us all, so we will always try to be fair with our rotas. We just ask that you can be flexible with us so we can be flexible with you in return.

To say thank you, we have many perks:

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group.
• Confidential helpline for any support you require as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Meals when you are on duty are free.
• Development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• Opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions.
• Milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special.

About our family of hotels:

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts, and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels is unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special, and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

If you're the type of person that likes to learn and share the wisdom, get in touch.

One click apply to become part of our family that works hard & plays hard too, inspires and supports each other and has a load of fun along the way.