Head Chef

Crewe Hall - Kitchen; Crewe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hotel kitchen in Crewe is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead a busy kitchen team. The role involves ensuring that all dishes meet high-quality standards while managing health and safety checks. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a hotel environment, strong people management skills, and an eye for detail. This opportunity offers competitive compensation and various employee perks including free health club membership and discounts across hotel collections.

Benefits

Free health club membership

Discounts across The QHotels Collection

Family & Friends discounts

Support with training & professional qualifications

Employee Assistance Program

Refer a friend scheme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef.
• Experience in a hotel or high-volume operation.
• Quality and standards driven.
• Strong people management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example and manage the kitchen team.
• Ensure quality and presentation of food is to specification.
• Manage time for health & safety and food safety checks.
• Oversee stock control and cost management.

Skills

People management

Food safety

Attention to detail

Strong knowledge of GP and stock control

Job description

Are you a strong people manager?

Do you thrive in a busy kitchen, working together alongside your brigade?

The important stuff:

• Free health club membership (T&Cs apply)
• Discounts across The QHotels Collection
• Family & Friends discounts in hotels across The QHotels Collection
• Support with training & professional qualifications, including course fees!
• Various learning & development available
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program – Hospitality Action
• Refer a friend scheme
• FREE parking
• AND……much, much more!
• Chef whites provided

What will I do?

Leading by example, you will be hands on in the kitchen, but you will also manage your time to ensure all the health & safety, food safety checks and admin is actioned. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality and delivery of food leaving the kitchen pass is to spec, to a very high standard and presentable.

Is this the role for me?

• Previousexperience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef
• Have worked in a hotel environment or in a busy,high volumeoperation
• Conference, banqueting & events catering experience would beideal
• Quality & standards drivenwith a keen eye fordetail
• People management experience
• Strong knowledge of GP, stock control,costsand wastage

Curious to find out more?

Crewe Hall Hotel & Spa is located just outside Crewe and is a 4*, 117-bedroom property. Our hotel has the Brasserie restaurant and terrace bar, and we offer afternoon tea as well as private dining and meetings and event spaces. The leisure facilities include a gym, pool, sauna, steam room, two tennis courts and a relaxing Elemis spa.

The QHotels Collection are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we are committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities for all. We believe everyone should be treated equal so should you require any reasonable adjustments to any stage of the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let us know so we can make the changes accordingly.

The QHotels Collection proudly supports the UK Armed Forces and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant achieving the Silver Award.

Compensation: Competitive salary