Head Chef

bartlett mitchell; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi award-winning catering company in Greater London is looking for an experienced Head Chef. The successful candidate will create seasonal menus while managing and developing a kitchen team. Responsibilities include culinary innovation, customer interaction for feedback, and ensuring standards are met. The role offers full-time employment, various development opportunities, and numerous employee benefits such as paid days off for charity work and discounts at various outlets.

Benefits

Annual day off for your birthday

Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs

Fully funded development courses

Discounts and cashback at retail and leisure outlets

Cycle-to-work scheme

Paid day off to volunteer

Free lunch every workday

24/7 access to Mental Health Charter App

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Paid leave for fertility treatments

Grandparent leave

Qualifications

• Proven kitchen management experience is essential.
• Engaging communication skills to lead the team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal balanced and nutritious menus.
• Lead, manage, and develop your own team.
• Interact with customers to gain inspiration for new ideas.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Kitchen Management Experience

Leadership Experience

Food Handling

Cost Control

Sanitation

Restaurant Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Baking

Kitchen Experience

Food Industry

Cooking

Job description

Were a multi award-winning contract catering company with a team of trained foodies serving over 45500 satisfied customers every day. We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Chef to join our team.

Youre inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal balanced and nutritious menus. Youll recruit lead manage and develop your own team using your proven kitchen management experience and engaging communication skills. Ensuring our standards are met or exceeded youll work with each site team to keep food innovation firmly on the agenda and achieve excellent GPs. You will work with a group of General Managers to buildand maintain the relationship between our companysFoodie cultures and the goals of our clients.

Being a part of our culture of learning is important at BM Caterers. Thats why youll attend our forums andlead craft workshops - to keep up-to-date with food innovation across the company as well as understanding the trends on the High Street. Continuous development extends to your team too and youll provide the strong leadership and coaching needed to keep standards and performance at the highest level always encouraging new initiatives.

Being in the kitchen doesnt mean you wont see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations.

Our benefits include :

• An annual day off for your birthday!
• Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs.
• Fully funded development courses ranging from levels 2 to 7.
• Discounts and cashback at a wide variety of retail and leisure outlets.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Freedom Friday a paid day off to volunteer at a charity of your choice.
• Free lunch every workday!
• 24 / 7 access to the Mental Health Charter App.
• Enhanced parental leave benefits.
• Paid leave for fertility treatments.
• Grandparent leave to support your loved ones with their new arrival.

Explore all benefits and more by visiting BM Caterers website

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