Head Chef

Young's; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to create menus

Apprenticeship Scheme

Development programmes

Culinary masterclasses

Chef forums

Free meals

20% discount in Young's Pubs

Share save Scheme

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Job summary

You will join Young's as a Head Chef responsible for crafting menus and leading a kitchen across our pubs. You will work with fresh seasonal produce, creating dishes that reflect the unique food vision of each site and drive the business forward.

You’ll have autonomy to design menus, access to apprenticeship schemes and development programmes, and participate in regular culinary masterclasses. Attractive benefits include free meals, staff discounts, and a strong pension plan.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Menu development

Team leadership

Communication

Cost control

Seasonal menus

Job description

Head Chef

About us:

We're always on the look out for talented Head Chefs for ourbusinesses. You'll have experience working with fresh food and running allaspects of a kitchen. Our Head Chefs write their own menus and create their owndishes using seasonal produce, allowing them to put their own stamp on thebusiness. We have a number of sites across London, Surrey and beyond so if you'd like the chance to showoff what you can do then.

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 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 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 aHead Chef:

This rolerequires 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