Head Chef

Young's Pubs; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Apprenticeship Scheme & Development

Job summary

Young's Pubs is seeking a Head Chef to inspire a kitchen team and craft fresh seasonal menus across our venues. You will lead by example, cost and produce dishes, and push the business forward with creatvity and strong GP management.

The role offers autonomy to design menus, develop the team, and participate in our Apprenticeship Scheme and development programmes, with regular masterclasses and supplier trips to fuel inspiration.

Qualifications

• 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

• Inspire a team and lead by example while developing and cost-managing fresh seasonal menus.
• Cost and produce menus for the business across multiple revenue streams.
• Manage kitchen staff rota, training and health and safety standards.

Skills

Menu development

Food safety

Food preparation

Job description

About us:

The Eagle is set in the heart of Ravenscourt Park, with a stylish interior, comfy sofas and armchairs, a homely bar and a welcoming dining room.

About us:

The Eagle is set in the heart of Ravenscourt Park, with a stylish interior, comfy sofas and armchairs, a homely bar and a welcoming dining room. We are also home to the biggest and best beer garden in West London where our guests can enjoy the beauty of our beer garden all year round. With a food menu that boasts the best of British, crossed with traditional pub classics, a Burger Shack in our garden and an exciting drinks range to entice anyone's pallet, why not apply today, and find out why we are everyone's favourite local!

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

Skills

Menu Development Food Safety Food Preparation