Head Chef

Big Mamma; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Head Chef in a new Manchester restaurant, part of a vibrant French Italian group. This role offers a unique onboarding experience in London, where you'll learn the company's management tools and internal processes. You'll be responsible for ensuring exceptional quality in dishes, managing kitchen operations, and leading a talented team. With a focus on culinary excellence and team development, this position promises to be both challenging and rewarding. Join a dynamic environment that values creativity and career growth, and make your mark in the culinary world!

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

2 consecutive days off per week

28 days paid holiday per year

Pension scheme

Meal on shift

Employee discount

Continuous training

Career opportunities

Geographical mobility in UK & Europe

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or similar role in a busy kitchen.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality and quantity of dishes served, ensuring high standards.
• Manage kitchen operations, including food costs and team schedules.
• Train and support kitchen staff, fostering team cohesion.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Team Management

Menu Development

Hygiene Compliance

Training & Development

Education

Culinary Degree

Management Experience

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Management Tools

Job description

Big Mamma is a French Italian restaurant group, the brainchild of Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux. Over the past 9 years we have opened the doors of 27 restaurants in Europe (France, Monaco, England, Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium).

Our mission? To share the special ambience of the most beautiful places of Italian tradition, creating unique moments of sharing with our customers.

Join the Squadra as Head Chef @ Manchester (NEW OPENING!) ~ Onboarding in London

For our new venture in Manchester, we are looking for a talented Head Chef with the incredible opportunity to begin their journey with a special onboarding at one of our restaurants in London.

The onboarding plan, which lasts 4 months, will include the acquisition of our management tools, the organization and daily management of our brigades, the knowledge of the internal processes of menu changes, the meeting with key figures of the company and the demonstration of how we guarantee the best experience to our customers but above all to our Squadra.

You will report to the General Manager and the Executive Chef UK and your main responsibilities will be:

Responsible for Quality

OBJ: customer exp ratings 4.7/5.

• Responsible for the quality, quantity and regularity of dishes at the pass
• Responsible for the speed of dishes at the pass
• Collaboration on menu changes, accompanied by the Executive Chef / proposal force on new recipes depending on the season, writing recipe cards, implementing menu changes, training the team / participation in R&D sessions

Responsible for Kitchen Operations

OBJ: Monthly Hygiene score > 90% // Food cost and people cost kitchen in line with budget.

• Responsible for conformity with hygiene
• Responsible for the monthly Food Cost / F&B to the budget target
• Responsible for People Cost in the kitchen / monthly people cost to the budget target.
• Responsible for team schedules
• Responsible for respecting equipment in the kitchen

Guarantee of the success of the Squadra

OBJ: Squadra that evolves and becomes more and more autonomous, turnover on target.

• Validates new hiring to the team / in line with HR recruitment criteria.
• Responsible for integrating new arrivals into the kitchen / preparation for their arrival, weekly update from the 1st week.
• Train and support the kitchen team on a daily basis and provide them with vision / pass on knowledge, delegation, strength of proposal for training, talent reviews.
• Responsible for the good understanding and cohesion of the team integration of dishwashers, team updates.
• Responsible for monitoring the training of the team
• Responsible for good understanding between the kitchen / floor / bar
• Provides at least one weekly service in tandem with Sous-Chefs

Our Offer:

• Highly competitive salary
• Full time role
• 2 consecutive days off per week
• 28 days paid holiday per year
• Pension scheme
• Permanent contract
• Meal on shift: we serve the staff meal before the lunch and dinner shift
• Employee discount: discount on food and drink at our restaurants for you and up to 3 of your friends
• Continuous training, team buildings and career opportunities: we offer a training path and concrete career opportunities.
• Geographical mobility in UK & Europe across all our venues
• And much more!

START DATE: January in London / May in Manchester

BIG MAMMA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.