Head Chef

Oli Aubrey-Thomas; Exeter; Presencial; GBP 38.000 - 48.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free meals

20% discount in Young's Pubs

30% discount on overnight stays in Pnb

Share save Scheme

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Descripción de la vacante

Youthful, bustling Young's Exeter pub is seeking a Head Chef to lead creative menus and manage a busy kitchen. You will write and shape seasonal dishes using local produce, while maintaining quality, portion control, and costs across all-day service.

Autonomy to develop menus, mentor a kitchen team, and grow with apprenticeship schemes and masterclasses. A vibrant pub setting with strong team spirit and opportunities for progression.

Formación

• Inspire and lead a kitchen team while developing, costing and producing fresh seasonal menus.
• Ability to manage GP and labour with strong planning and organisational skills.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and inspire a kitchen team to deliver high-quality seasonal menus.
• Cost and produce fresh menus for various revenue streams.
• Manage kitchen staff rota, training and health and safety.
• Create new dishes and daily specials.
• Drive sales and growth through kitchen and front-of-house collaboration.

Conocimientos

Inspiring leadership

Team development

Communication

Menu creation

Cost control / GP management

Descripción del empleo

Head Chef

About us:

The Citygate is steeped in history, an old cotton mill and the Roman entrance to the city of Exeter.
We are a proud member of the Youngs pub company, British and premium food served all day from the classic Fish & Chips to Roasts on a Sunday using seasonal ingredients. Wonderful individual rooms are tastefully decorated with the pub's history in mind.
We are passionate about our ''Ramily'' making a welcoming and progressive team, with a great opportunity to develop and grow.
We offer a great work-life balance with Birthdays off, Team parties and free food on shift!
We offer discounted Food and Drink for all our Team throughout the whole Youngs estate this includes the rooms - Great for that perfect weekend getaway!
Join the Ramily today!

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