Head Chef

Young's - West London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Menu autonomy

Apprenticeship program

Culinary masterclasses

Supplier trips

Chef forums

Free meals

Pub discounts

Share incentive

Pension

28 days holiday

Job summary

Young's is seeking a Head Chef to lead a busy kitchen across its West London pubs. You will write your own menus, using seasonal produce, and inspire a team to deliver exceptional dishes.

You will manage kitchen operations, cost control, and health and safety, while developing staff and sharing your culinary vision across venues. A passion for fresh, high-quality food is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as Head Chef or Sous Chef.
• Ability to develop fresh seasonal menus.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Experience managing kitchen staff and health & safety.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and lead a kitchen team to deliver high-quality dishes.
• Develop seasonal menus and costed recipes.
• Oversee kitchen operations, inventory, and GP targets.
• Ensure health & safety compliance across the kitchen.
• Collaborate with front-of-house to deliver a great guest experience.

Skills

Menu autonomy

Menu development

Communication skills

Cost management

Job description

Head Chef

About us:

We're always on the look out for talented Head Chefs for our businesses. You'll have experience working with fresh food and running all aspects of a kitchen. Our Head Chefs write their own menus and create their own dishes using seasonal produce, allowing them to put their own stamp on the business. We have a number of sites across West London and beyond so if you'd like the chance to show off 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