Head Chef

The Beefy Boys; Exeter; Presencial; GBP 35.000 - 38.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday

Pension

Free meals

Wellbeing support

Staff parties

Descripción de la vacante

The Beefy Boys in Exeter is looking for a head chef to lead a busy, high-volume kitchen. You will hire, coach and develop the team, and own food safety, ordering, suppliers, GP and waste. You’ll work with the GM to ensure the kitchen and floor operate as one team, leading from the line rather than an office role.

You’ll be motivated by consistency, hands-on cooking, and delivering the best burgers. The role offers a 45-hour contract with a competitive base salary and bonus structure.

Formación

• Experience running a busy high-volume kitchen.
• Strong leadership and coaching of a kitchen team.
• Excellent food safety standards and cost control.

Responsabilidades

• Build and lead the kitchen team from the KP to the sous chef.
• Own food safety, ordering, suppliers, GP and waste.
• Work closely with the GM to ensure kitchen and floor run as one team.
• Lead from the line, not the office.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Team management

High-volume kitchen

Food safety

Cooking

Descripción del empleo

Four mates. One back-garden barbecue that got out of hand. A burger that came second in the world.

That was 2011. Now there are eight Beefy Boys restaurants, over 400 of us and the UK's Best Burger title on the wall. We want a head chef who'll keep it there.

Here's the job.

It's your kitchen, and you'll be cooking with ingredients worth getting excited about: 21-day aged Hereford beef from local farms, buns from an award-winning local baker, and house favourites like our chilli sauce and pastrami made from scratch. You'll build and lead the team, from the KP to your sous, and make sure every burger leaves the pass exactly as it should. You'll own food safety, ordering, suppliers, GP and waste, and you'll work closely with the GM to make sure the kitchen and the floor run as one team. You'll lead from the line, not the office.

You’ll fit right in if...

you've run a busy, high-volume kitchen and you've got the results to show for it. You hire well, you coach hard and your chefs stick around. You're obsessed with consistency, you still love cooking, and you'd run a burger to a table yourself rather than let it go cold on the pass.

The honest bit.

It's a big job. Our kitchens are fast and busy, and our standards don't move. If you want a kitchen you can run on autopilot, this isn't it. If you want to make the best burger in the country even better, keep reading.

So, what's the pay?

Nobody works for free, so let's be upfront. And honestly? It's good. Your salary is £34.5k to £37.5k. Last year, our senior chefs took home an average of £8k each from tronc. On top of that there's a quarterly bonus. Last year most of our sites paid out 85% or more of it, which works out at around £5.1k a year. Tronc goes up and down with how busy we are, but all in, you're looking at up to £50.5k a year.

It's a 45-hour contract. Prep starts at 9am and we close at 9.30, so no 6am starts and no 2am finishes.

What else you get.

All the stuff you'd expect is here: holiday, a pension, free food every shift and money off when you bring your mates in. Plus wellbeing support, including a GP and mental health support, and we close on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. But ask anyone who's been here a while and they'll tell you it's the people. Two staff parties a year, including a summer festival that reminds everyone why they love it, a real say in the menu, and a route into a bigger kitchen role as we open more restaurants.