Head Chef

Megan's Restaurants; London; On-site; GBP 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant and growing restaurant group as a Head Chef, where your culinary expertise will shine. This role offers the chance to lead a passionate team in a dog-friendly environment, crafting delicious Mediterranean-inspired dishes with fresh ingredients. Enjoy a genuine work/life balance, fantastic team socials, and opportunities for professional growth. With exciting plans for expansion, you can be part of something special while enjoying great perks like 50% off meals and free drinks during shifts. If you're ready to take your culinary career to the next level, apply today!

Benefits

50% off meals with friends & family

Employee Assistance Programme

Early access to pay

Free meals & drinks on shifts

Ongoing professional training

Long service awards

Team socials

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Kitchen Manager in a fresh food kitchen.
• Ability to train and inspire a team while controlling margins.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen operations and ensure high-quality food preparation.
• Train and develop kitchen staff while maintaining a calm environment.

Skills

Fresh ingredients handling

Team training and development

Margin control

Calm under pressure

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

Job description

Our people. They’re the most important part of Megan’s and what separates us from everyone else. Sure, we’ve got delicious food inspired by sunny places & freshly made in our kitchens, stunning interiors and fantastic opportunities for progression. But ask anyone who works here the best thing about it and they’ll tell you: it’s the team.

We’re opening new restaurants in fantastic neighbourhoods across the South, so due to our continued growth and expansion we’re now looking for a Head Chef for our beautiful site in Megan's by the Green (Parsons Green)

What’s in it for you?

• Pay
• Salary of up to £48,000 per year OTE*
• Genuine work/life balance
• 50% off when visiting with your friends & family
• Amazing team socials
• Long service awards
• Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme including a free, confidential helpline/webchat available all day, every day of the year
• Early access to your pay if needed through WageStream
• All the good stuff you’d expect - auto-enrolment in our pension scheme, free fantastic meals & bottomless drinks on shifts
• Ongoing professional training and development, with real career progression
• Freedom to get involved with new openings
• Opportunity to move between sites and grow with the group

We’re looking for an experienced Head Chef – you’ll need to have worked with fresh ingredients, be calm under pressure, know how to control your margins and be at your happiest training, inspiring & developing a happy team. Ideally you’ll have worked in a similar fresh food kitchen environment so we’d love to hear from you if you’ve been the Kitchen Manager or Head Chef of a restaurant or gastro pub, but if you’ve got a different background don’t let that stop you from hitting that apply button!

About us…

• An independently-owned, dog-friendly collection of over 20 neighbourhood restaurants open for brunch, lunch, dinner & cocktails
• Passionate about serving delicious fresh food inspired by the Mediterranean and made with the highest quality ingredients
• Exciting growth plans, meaning amazing opportunities for your career development
• Regular team parties – work hard, play harder!
• A diverse and inclusive company that makes sure everyone is genuinely welcome
• Focused on supporting local charities and really being a force for good in our communities

If you’re ready to be part of our amazing team then take the next step in your career and apply to be Head Chef today!

Megan’s Restaurants is equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.

*Package includes membership of an independently managed tronc arrangement through which service charge is allocated outside of and in addition to your basic pay from your employment.

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