Head Chef

Holdens and Co; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-owned artisan ice cream and café business is seeking a Head Chef to lead food development at their locations. The role offers autonomy in creating exciting dishes and ensuring quality in a friendly environment. Enjoy a good work-life balance with no split shifts and competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-related bonus

Good work-life balance

Free meals

Pension scheme

26 days of annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a busy kitchen environment.
• Experience of menu costing and creating specifications.
• Knowledge of food safety management.

Responsibilities

• Develop seasonal and core menu and food to go range.
• Ensure best quality food delivery to customers.
• Manage stock and food safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Menu Creation

Food Safety Management

Problem Solving

Job description

Holdens & Co is a family-owned and run artisan ice cream and café, and deli business who have been making award-winning dairy ice cream since 1929.

If you enjoy working for an entrepreneurial business and love the buzz of working in a fast-paced environment, but like to have your evenings free for family and fun? Read on….

We have an exciting opportunity for a Head Chef to take ownership of the food development for our Café and food to go offer at Holdens & Co. You will be responsible for creating, costing, and implementing the café and Food to go offer at our Whalley and Abbey Village sites.

You will be required to support the busy kitchen operations in our Whalley Café, and establish Whalley Café as a foodie destination.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary, £33-37K depending on skills and experience
• Performance-related bonus – linked to the achievement of GP
• Good work-life balance – no split shifts and only occasional evenings
• Free meals when you’re working
• Friendly, family working environment
• Pension scheme – never too early to look to those later years
• Time to relax over the festive period – Christmas Day and Boxing Day in addition to 26 days of annual leave

If you are passionate about creating great food that will put Holdens & Co on the map as a foodie destination and enjoy having the autonomy to bring new ideas to life in a growing independent business, then we want to hear from you.This role will report to the General Manager and have a dotted line to the Operational Director/ co-owner of the business.

Key responsibilities

·Development of seasonal and core menu and food to go range

·Ensuring you deliver the best quality food to every customer

·Ensuring the right structure and skills in the kitchen

·Managing stock, food safety standards, product quality, and training and developing the kitchen team.

What You’ll Have

·Experience in leading a busy kitchen environment, motivating a small team

·Experience of menu costing, creating menu specifications

·Passion for Food and creating exciting and innovative dishes

·Appetite for problem solving, forward planning, and working at pace

·Knowledge of food safety management in a busy kitchen environment

·Exceptional standards of attention to detail

If you think this could be the role for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV with a handwritten letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate to (lucy at holdensandco.com)