Head Chef

Grazing; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Contributory pension scheme

Career Pathways and MyLearning

Digital GP access

Travel discounts

Discounts on food shops

Cinema discounts

Cash rewards

Wellness and fitness classes

Discounts for friends and family

Résumé du poste

Grazing in Chiswick, part of Compass Group UK&I, is seeking a Head Chef to run the kitchen for up to 200 meals daily and events. You’ll shape menus, lead production and service, and own cost control, with a hands-on leadership style from the pass.

You’ll build strong relationships with clients and suppliers, manage food safety, allergens, stock take and FIFO, and drive a positive, busy kitchen culture while delivering on time and to spec.

Qualifications

• Strong culinary skills and a real hunger for new flavours, ingredients and techniques.
• Have led a kitchen team before and know how to bring out the best in people.
• Understand food costs, labour and GP, and can turn a costing sheet into a profitable menu.
• Stay calm under pressure and can run the show without someone looking over your shoulder.
• Bring oodles of personality and a can-do attitude.

Responsabilités

• Cooking great food every day. You'll lead production and service, from the lunchtime rush to the boardroom platter.
• Building menus that sell and make money. You'll work with the Catering Manager to write, cost and tweak menus using sales mix and menu engineering.
• Leading the team. You'll train, mentor and motivate your chefs and KPs, and you'll lead from the pass rather than the office.
• Keeping it tight. Food safety, allergens, ordering (Foodbuy), recipes (Kafoodle), stock takes and FIFO. You'll make it all run like clockwork.
• Being the face of the food. You'll build good relationships with clients and suppliers, and you'll shout about what we do.

Connaissances

Culinary leadership

Menu costing

Food safety

Team management

Outils

Foodbuy

Kafoodle

Description du poste

Love food? Love numbers? Love a team that's got your back? Pull up a chair.

We're Grazing. We do workplace food that people actually get excited about. We're looking for a Head Chef to run the kitchen at the Chiswick HQ of a world-famous drinks company. Yes, the drinks people. No, the job doesn't come with free samples. (We did ask.)

The gig

You'll run a kitchen feeding up to 200 hungry people a day, plus hospitality for meetings and events that need to look great and land on time. This is your kitchen and your team, and the menus are yours to shape.

What you'll be up to

• Cooking great food every day. You'll lead production and service, from the lunchtime rush to the boardroom platter.
• Building menus that sell and make money. You'll work with the Catering Manager to write, cost and tweak menus using sales mix and menu engineering. If GP is your idea of a fun Friday, we'll get on.
• Leading the team. You'll train, mentor and motivate your chefs and KPs, and you'll lead from the pass rather than the office.
• Keeping it tight. Food safety, allergens, ordering (Foodbuy), recipes (Kafoodle), stock takes and FIFO. Boring? Maybe. Important? Massively. You'll make it all run like clockwork.
• Being the face of the food. You'll build good relationships with clients and suppliers, and you'll shout about what we do.

You're our kind of chef if you…

• Have strong culinary skills and a real hunger for new flavours, ingredients and techniques
• Have led a kitchen team before and know how to bring out the best in people
• Understand food costs, labour and GP, and can turn a costing sheet into a profitable menu
• Stay calm under pressure and can run the show without someone looking over your shoulder
• Bring oodles of personality and a can-do attitude
• Are happy on your feet all day (the gym membership is optional)

Bonus points

if you've used Foodbuy or Kafoodle. If you haven't, we'll teach you.

What's in it for you

• £45,000 a year
• Monday to Friday. Your weekends are your own: brunch, footie, lie-ins, whatever you fancy.
• Events paid as overtime. If you work extra, you get paid extra.
• All the standard Compass perks
• A friendly, hands-on team who'll always muck in alongside you

Benefits

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!