Head Chef

Young'S - West London; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme & development

Culinary masterclasses

Supplier trips

Chef forums

Free meals

20% pub discount

30% overnight stay discount

Share save scheme

Enhanced pension

28 days holiday

Job summary

Young's - West London is seeking a talented Head Chef to lead a busy kitchen and write your own menus using seasonal produce. You will create dishes that reflect the food vision of your pub and inspire the team to deliver high quality, consistent meals.

You will manage all aspects of the kitchen, develop creative specials, control costs, and collaborate with front-of-house teams to drive guest satisfaction and growth across multiple sites in West London and beyond.

Qualifications

• Inspire and lead a kitchen team while developing fresh seasonal menus.
• Champion excellent service through high quality food and teamwork.
• Develop, cost and deliver new dishes and daily specials.
• Manage kitchen rota, training and health and safety with discipline.
• Show creativity to design menus that align with revenue streams.
• Plan and organise operations to control GP and labour.
• Proactively drive sales and growth through kitchen-front collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a team and lead by example while developing seasonal menus.
• Cost and produce menus for multiple revenue streams.
• Manage kitchen staff rota, training and health and safety.
• Design and deliver new dishes and daily specials.
• Collaborate with front of house to drive sales and growth.

Skills

Menu creation

Team leadership

Communication skills

Rota management

Health & safety

Creativity

Planning & organisation

Sales growth

Job description

Head Chef

About us:

We're always on the look out for talented Head Chefs for our businesses. You'll have experience working with fresh food and running all aspects of a kitchen. Our Head Chefs write their own menus and create their own dishes using seasonal produce, allowing them to put their own stamp on the business. We have a number of sites across West London and beyond so if you'd like the chance to show off what you can do,

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, to 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