Head Chef

Mulberry; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local pub in Westminster is seeking a Head Chef to design seasonal menus and lead a dynamic kitchen team. The ideal candidate will have experience in a leadership role, a passion for quality food, and the ability to inspire others. Responsibilities include menu creation, staff management, and driving sales. This full-time position offers autonomy in menu development, culinary masterclasses, and additional perks like a discount on meals and accommodation.

Benefits

Free meals

20% discount in all pubs

30% discount on overnight stays

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef with a focus on quality food.
• Ability to inspire and lead a team effectively.
• Proven creativity in designing menus and specials.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal menus that evolve with fresh ingredients.
• Manage kitchen staff, training, and health and safety.
• Drive sales and growth through collaboration with teams.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team leadership

Menu design

Planning and organisational skills

Creative cooking

Sales driving

Job description

Head Chef LIVE-IN

Mulberry Bush

London

Full time

NEW

About us:

Round the corner from Waterloo, Southbank and the National Theatre, the Mulberry Bush caters for all events and parties. Whether you fancy a banging bloody mary and a Sunday roast, or a get‑together after work, we're the place to be! We offer only the best with our seasonal menus and evolving drinks offers, our service is always top notch with plenty of in‑house training and opportunities to progress. We're looking for energetic, motivated people to join our fab and growing team. Lois and the team can't wait to welcome you!

Being a Head Chef at Young's:

We believe every pub should be different. This means that you'll be writing your own recipes that match the food vision of your business using fresh seasonal ingredients. The food vision could be all about showcasing local produce, country pub classics, seafood, small plates and sharers, dry‑aged meat – each pub is different and its up to you as head chef to put your own creative stamp on that vision. We work with fresh, seasonal produce, so the menu should constantly evolve to showcase these fantastic ingredients when they are at their best. Premium fresh food crafted by skilled chefs in Premium Pubs.

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young's Pubs and 30% discount on overnight stays in our Pubs with Rooms
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Head Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands‑on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro‑active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams