Head Chef

Naturalist; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A local pub in Greater London seeks a Head Chef to lead the kitchen with full creative autonomy. You'll develop fresh, seasonal menus and inspire your team to deliver excellent service while maintaining high standards. With a salary range of £34,000 - £36,000, this full-time role offers benefits including free meals, discounts, and a robust training program. Ideal candidates will have strong culinary experience and a passion for team development.

Benefits

Free meals

20% discount in all Youngs Pubs

30% discount on overnight stays

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef is required.
• Ability to inspire and develop a kitchen team.
• Strong communication skills needed.
• Responsible for kitchen staff management and health/safety.
• Creativity in designing new dishes and specials is essential.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills required.

Responsibilities

• Develop fresh seasonal menus
• Lead the kitchen team to deliver quality service
• Manage kitchen operations and staff roster
• Maintain cost controls and hygiene standards

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Restaurant Experience

Kitchen Management Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Kitchen Experience

Food Industry

Cooking

Cost Control

Baking

Sanitation

Leadership Experience

Job description

Head Chef

About us

The Naturalist is a hidden gem in the heart of Woodbury Down Serving the local community the best food and drink the comunity has to offer in the most beautifull of settings. Weather it be a quick bite to eat of a lunch time a treat for dinner A sharing board of sliders or the best Sunday Roast in the local area You wont be disapointed. and thats before we get started on our seasonal wine list & exciting cocktails Theres something here for all.

Being a Head Chef at Youngs

We believe every pub should be different. This means that youll 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 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 Youngs 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

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

Yearly Salary: 34000 - 36000