Head Chef

Waterfront; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pub company in Greater London is seeking a Head Chef who will enjoy the freedom to create unique menus using fresh seasonal ingredients. The successful candidate will lead a team, ensuring excellent service through quality food, while also managing kitchen operations effectively. This role requires proven leadership skills, creativity in menu design, and excellent organizational abilities. Opportunities for development include culinary masterclasses and an apprenticeship scheme. Competitive perks are offered including discounts and an enhanced pension scheme.

Benefits

Free meals

28 days holiday

Access to culinary masterclasses

20% discount in all pubs

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef required.
• Ability to design new dishes and specials.
• Pro-active approach to driving sales.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal menus that showcase local ingredients.
• Manage kitchen staff and ensure health and safety.
• Inspire and lead the kitchen team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Leadership

Creativity

Planning and organisational skills

Hands-on team player

Job description

Head Chef

About us:

Wandsworth Town

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