head chef

TN United Kingdom; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

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Job Title: Head Chef

As a head chef, you’ll inspire your team to go the extra mile for our guests, maintaining high expectations and standards. You will continuously coach and develop your team to be the best they can be, while driving performance and delivering exceptional results.

Responsibilities include:

1. Fostering a positive and inclusive work culture: Using emotional intelligence, inspiration, and effective delegation. Providing excellent training, coaching, and mentorship to empower emerging leaders.
2. Ensuring guest satisfaction: Committing to excellence in guest experience by ensuring every dish meets exceptional standards, whether through your own efforts or by equipping your team with the necessary skills and mindset.
3. Maintaining standards and financial performance: Ensuring food, health, and safety standards are met, and understanding the financial aspects of running a kitchen, including gross profit, stock control, and labour costs, while proactively spotting opportunities.
4. Developing your team: Building and nurturing your team from recruitment through ongoing development, fostering personal and professional growth.
5. Creating an inclusive environment: Ensuring your team feels respected and that they belong, enabling them to nourish and flourish in their roles and careers.
6. Problem-solving skills: Being a forward-thinking problem solver, able to think on your feet and make quick decisions.

We'd love to hear from you if:

• You prioritize cultivating a positive and inclusive work culture through emotional intelligence, inspiration, and effective delegation.
• You are dedicated to excellence in guest experience, ensuring every dish is prepared to exceptional standards.
• You are experienced in maintaining kitchen standards and understanding financial performance metrics.
• You focus on building and nurturing your team, from recruitment to ongoing development.
• You care about creating an inclusive environment where your team feels respected and valued.
• You are a forward-thinking problem solver, able to make quick decisions.

What’s in it for you:

• Bonus scheme – up to £8,000 a year bonus opportunity
• Private medical insurance
• Free food on shift – anything from our menu! Plus 50% outside of work to treat your friends and family
• An industry-leading family-friendly policy (any expectant person or anyone adopting a child will receive 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay)
• Be the first to experience our brand-new menus
• Dry-cleaned chef whites provided every shift
• Wagamama parties throughout the year with VIP guests
• Be known nationwide as a wok star – our national recognition programme

In addition, we offer pension schemes, holiday entitlement, training, cycle-to-work scheme, retail and leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships, and long service awards.