Head Chef

National Trust; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned conservation organization is seeking an experienced Head Chef to join their team at a beautiful landscape garden in the UK. The role focuses on supervising a small kitchen team while preparing delightful dishes using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients. Enjoy a great work-life balance with daytime-only hours, and benefit from various health and career development perks. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a unique environment while exceeding customer expectations with delicious food.

Benefits

Health cash plan

Pension contribution match up to 10%

EAP and proactive Health and Wellbeing

Discounted gym membership

Free entry to NT properties

20% off in Retail and Food & Beverage

Qualifications

• Passionate about food and driven to exceed customer expectations.
• Aware of good working knowledge of Health & Safety compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the Food & Beverage Manager with running the kitchen.
• Guide and support one Chef and one kitchen apprentice.
• Prepare tasty soups, broths, salads, and baked goods using fresh ingredients.

Skills

Great verbal and written communication skills

IT literate

A great team player

Customer focused

Education

Qualified in food preparation and cooking to City & Guilds or NVQ L2 or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Head Chef who's passionate about food, customers and supervising teams to join us here at Claremont Landscape Garden.

Offering a great work/life balance with daytime-only hours in a great working environment. We have been awarded the Soil Association’s Food for Life bronze award for our excellence.

You will be preparing tasty treats using seasonal, locally sourced ingredients and have the ability to work in a fast pace environment.

What you'll be doing as a Head Chef

You’ll be supporting the Food & Beverage Manager with running the kitchen. You will guide and support one Chef and one kitchen apprentice, in this role. Using fresh, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, you’ll be preparing tasty soups, broths and salads, as well as baking.

As an experienced Chef, you’ll be passionate about food and be driven to exceed customer’s expectations by delighting them with the delicious food you create, prepare and serve.

• Great verbal and written communication skills & I.T literate
• A great team player and customer focused
• Qualified in food preparation and cooking to City & Guilds or NVQ L2 or equivalent
• Aware of good working knowledge of Health & Safety compliance requirements

How we reward you

• Health cash plan – from as little as £3.09 per month for you and your dependents
• Pension contribution match up to 10%
• EAP and proactive Health and Wellbeing
• Discounted gym membership at over 100 leisure facilities across the country
• Work in some of the most beautiful, iconic and unique locations in the UK
• Free entry to NT properties for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• 20% off in our Retail and Food & Beverage outlets
• Discount up to 35% off a National Trust holiday cottage booking

Looking after your career

• Grow your career through professional training courses across the Trust
• Develop your skills with an internal secondment
• Pay review linked to values and behaviours, commitment to progression

Claremont is a beautiful National Trust landscape garden in Surrey surrounding a small lake and featuring an amphitheatre. Our Great Barn Restaurant is open every day, and serves a variety of tasty treats and dishes to tempt our visitors. We pride ourselves on using local and seasonal produce in our dishes, with many of the ingredients being supplied by our very own kitchen garden, as well as our herb garden (which happens to be one of the countries biggest!).

Apply to this fantastic Head Chef today!