Head Chef

White Bear; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic British pub in the UK is seeking a Head Chef to oversee kitchen operations. You will have full autonomy to craft seasonal menus and lead a talented team in delivering exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have significant culinary experience and a passion for team development. The role offers a competitive salary range of £45,000 - £52,500, and organizations for culinary development and staff discount perks.

Benefits

Free meals

20% discount in all pubs

30% discount on overnight stays

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Access to culinary masterclasses

Access to Apprenticeship Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef.
• Passion for leading and developing a team.
• Hands-on team player with excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff and health and safety.
• Creativity in designing new dishes.
• Effective planning and organizational skills.
• Proactive approach to driving sales.

Responsibilities

• Inspire a team to reach their potential and lead by example.
• Create fresh seasonal menus.
• Manage kitchen staff rota and training.
• Drive sales and deliver growth through team engagement.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Restaurant Experience

Kitchen Management Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Kitchen Experience

Food Industry

Cooking

Cost Control

Baking

Sanitation

Leadership Experience

Job description

Head Chef

About us :

The White Bear sets the trend for city buzz quality cocktails and seasonal British dining! With its friendly atmosphere and dynamic team working here offers a fun social environment. We work together socialise together and get the job done as one team whilst ensuring everyone comes as a guest and leaves as a friend! We take pride in serving fresh seasonal British food along with craft beers and beautiful wines delivered with exceptional hospitality. You will have a passion to deliver exceptional customer service with a friendly outgoing personality and a desire to work as part of a team.

Being a Head Chef at Youngs :

We believe every pub should be different. This means that youll 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 ourHead Chefs :

• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to createyour 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 Youngs 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 aHead Chef :

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

• Have experience championing excellent servicethrough quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developinga team
• Be an active hands-on team player withexcellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchenstaff rota training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity andability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisationalskills necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP andlabour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving salesand delivering growth through engagement with both kitchen and front of houseteams

Key Skills

Culinary Experience,Food Handling,Restaurant Experience,Kitchen Management Experience,Food Preparation Experience,Kitchen Experience,Food Industry,Cooking,Cost Control,Baking,Sanitation,Leadership Experience

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 45000 - 52500