head chef

TN United Kingdom; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a passionate Head Chef to lead their kitchen team in a vibrant hotel environment. This role is perfect for individuals who thrive in a busy atmosphere and enjoy working collaboratively. You will be responsible for ensuring food quality, safety, and team motivation while creating an enjoyable experience for guests. With a focus on personal growth and development, this opportunity offers competitive pay and numerous perks, including discounts across hotels and a supportive work environment. If you have a cheerful personality and a love for hospitality, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Competitive Pay

Retail and Hospitality Perks

25% Off Food & Beverage

Employee Assistance Programme

Free Meals on Duty

Development Pathways

Internal Promotion Opportunities

Milestone Awards

Qualifications

• Hands-on Head Chef with strong leadership skills.
• Knowledgeable about food and food safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team to ensure excellent food quality and safety.
• Create a positive and engaging atmosphere for guests and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Food Safety Practices

Team Motivation

Customer Service

Education

Experience as Head Chef or Sous Chef

Job description

Role:

As part of our team, we welcome your passion, natural warmth, and humour to ensure our guests have an amazing experience every time. We’re seeking friendly, warm, and cheerful individuals who are happy to work together as a team and, importantly, want to have fun. We welcome candidates who are new to the industry as well as experienced ones - what matters most to us is that you have a positive and engaging personality, you are self-motivated, and enjoy the buzz and excitement of a busy hotel atmosphere.

For this role, you will need to be a hands-on Head Chef who leads from the front, is knowledgeable about food together with food safety practices, and is a strong leader who can motivate the team. You should also have previous experience within a similar style property as a Head Chef or an experienced Sous Chef.

To say thank you, we have many perks:

1. Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
2. Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
3. Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
4. We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
5. We sustain you physically too; meals when you are on duty are free.
6. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
7. We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
8. We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off, and a unique gift especially chosen for you.