Head Chef

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

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in the UK is seeking a talented kitchen manager to create seasonal menus and lead a team. The role emphasizes team development and customer interaction to innovate culinary offerings. Key benefits include monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs and freedom Fridays for charity work. This position combines culinary creativity with strong management, fostering a vibrant food culture to meet client goals.

Benefits

Annual day off for your birthday

Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs

Fully funded development courses

Discounts and cashback at retail outlets

Cycle-to-work scheme

Freedom Friday for charity

Free lunch every workday

24/7 access to Mental Health Charter App

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Paid leave for fertility treatments

Grandparent leave

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal and balanced menus using kitchen management experience.
• Recruit, manage, and develop a team while ensuring standards are met.
• Interact with customers to gather inspiration for new ideas.

Job description

Role Overview

You're inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal, balanced and nutritious menus. You'll recruit, lead, manage and develop your own team, using your proven kitchen management experience and engaging communication skills. Ensuring our standards are met or exceeded, you'll work with each site team to keep food innovation firmly on the agenda and achieve excellent GPs. You will work with a group of General Managers to build and maintain the relationship between our company's Foodie cultures and the goals of our clients.

Learning and Development

Being a part of our culture of learning is important at BM Caterers. That's why you'll attend our forums and lead craft workshops - to keep up-to-date with food innovation across the company as well as understanding the trends on the High Street. Continuous development extends to your team too, and you'll provide the strong leadership and coaching needed to keep standards and performance at the highest level, always encouraging new initiatives.

Customer Interaction

Being in the kitchen doesn't mean you won't see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food - to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations.

Benefits

• An annual day off for your birthday!
• Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs.
• Fully funded development courses ranging from levels 2 to 7.
• Discounts and cashback at a wide variety of retail and leisure outlets.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Freedom Friday - a paid day off to volunteer at a charity of your choice.
• Free lunch every workday!
• 24/7 access to the Mental Health Charter App.
• Enhanced parental leave benefits.
• Paid leave for fertility treatments.
• Grandparent leave to support your loved ones with their new arrival.