Head Chef

Craigside Manor; Llandudno; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare cash plan

Profit share bonus

Staff discount on food and drink

Discounted stays in JW Lees hotels/inn

Job summary

JW Lees is seeking a Head Chef to lead and inspire our kitchen team across a portfolio of pubs, inns and hotels in the North West and North Wales. You will drive high standards, curate menus with quality produce, and manage daily kitchen operations end-to-end.

You will mentor staff, develop recipes for in-house specials, and ensure every dish is plated to specification while maintaining stock control and a strong guest experience.

Responsibilities

• You’ll be a dedicated and professional leader ensuring that kitchen standards are maintained to the highest standard.
• Be passionate about cooking great food and ensuring every dish leaves the kitchen to specification.
• Ensure that excellent stock control practices are maintained.
• Motivate your team to perform to the best of their cooking capabilities.
• Mentor and develop your team, passing on your skills, knowledge and experience.
• Be the creative genius behind the in-house specials.
• Lay the ground rules and have overall responsibility over daily operations within the kitchen ensuring you and your team achieve 5* Scores on the doors.
• Your work will be exemplary and will inspire your team to send the perfect dish on time every time.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Stock control

Menu development

Mentoring team

Job description

Head Chef Vacancy

We arelooking fora Head Chef to lead our talented kitchen team

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Competitive pay plus cash tips and tronc (that’s your card tips that are paid intoyour bank)
• Well equipped kitchen with maintained kit plus input in to menudevelopment and ability to curate specials menus using good quality produce
• Healthcare Cash Plan giving you access to a 24-hour GP serviceand the ability to claim money back for dentist, eyecare and other medicalappointments for you and your family
• Annual profit share bonus, ensuring you share in the success ofthe company
• 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs, inns and hotelsfor you and friends and family
• 50% off food when on shift
• Discounted stays in our hotels and inns
• 24 hour confidential wellbeing support, plus counsellingprovided by the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress yourcareer with our internal and external development programmes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies
• Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range ofhigh street and online discounts

What a Head Chef does at JW Lees:

• You’ll be a dedicated and professional leader ensuing that kitchen standards are maintained to the very highest standard
• Be passionate about cooking great food and ensuring every dish leave the kitchen to specification
• Ensure that excellent stock control practices are maintained
• Motivate your team to perform to the best of their cooking capabilities
• Mentor and develop your team, passing on your skills, knowledge and experience
• Be the creative genius behind the in-house specials
• You will lay the ground rules and have overall responsibility over daily operations within the kitchen ensuring you and your team achieve 5* Scores on the doors
• Your work will be exemplary and will inspire your team to send the perfect dish on time every time.

About JW Lees:

Proudly family owned and nearly 200 years old, JW Lees are the original modern, traditional brewer. With 150 pubs, inns and hotels across the North West and North Wales, we are passionate about great beer, fantastic food and memorable experiences.

We put people at the heart of our business, always doing the right thing and always sticking together. Our six values are at the heart of everything we do:

Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together