Head Chef

ContinU Plus Academy; Kidderminster; Sur place; GBP 28 000 - 40 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ContinU Plus Academy in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced head chef to create, prepare and serve high-quality meals for up to 150 people. You will order supplies, manage stock, and lead a kitchen team while ensuring health and safety standards.

You will develop menus, forecast costs, train staff, and oversee catering events. A Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate and proven leadership in a catering environment are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading kitchen teams in a catering environment.
• Knowledge of food allergies and health & safety compliance.
• Ability to plan menus, forecast costs and train staff.

Responsabilités

• Create, prepare and serve high-quality food for up to 150 people.
• Order supplies and manage stock takes.
• Ensure quality dishes and on-schedule service.
• Forecast supply needs and estimate costs.
• Oversee health and safety standards in the kitchen.
• Supervise kitchen personnel and assess performance.
• Oversee catering events and demonstrate techniques.

Connaissances

Leadership

Staff management

Food safety

Menu planning

Budgeting

Training staff

Allergy awareness

Hygiene standards

Team player

Flexibility

Formation

Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate

Description du poste

The role is to create, prepare and serve fresh, tasty and quality food for up to 150 people. The head chef will be responsible for ordering, stock takes and preparing food. The head chef will also be responsible for the management and health and safety of the kitchen.,

• Order supplies


• Ensure the serving of quality culinary dishes and on schedule


• Develop a quality and healthy menu


• Forecast supply needs and estimate costs


• Ensure efficiency of the kitchen and staff.


• Ensure production of quality and consistent food


• Perform accounting functions and scheduling of meals to be served


• Weigh in on patron complaints


• Ensure that the food servicing facility meets all necessary standards and regulations such as sanitary and safety guidelines


• Create recipes and prepare advanced items


• Assign tasks that are less complicated to lower kitchen staff


• Maximize the productivity of the kitchen staff


• Ensure proper equipment maintenance and operations


• Oversee special catering events and where necessary offer culinary instruction and demonstrate techniques


• Supervise kitchen personnel and their performance
  The ideal candidate will have knowledge of food allergies as well as planning their own menus; a good understanding of food hygiene and health and safety issues; hold a level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate. Be a qualified passionate and good-humoured chef.


• Experience of working in the catering industry and managing staff. It is essential for candidates to be able to cook to a high standard and provide direction and on the job training to other staff. It will be essential for candidates to have previous budgetary experience and responsibility and the ability to train other staff to cook to a high standard.


• Previous chef manager/supervisor experience and all of the above


• Highly reliable


• Good leader as well as team player


• Willingness to be flexible

Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.