Head Chef

Le Strange Arms; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Flexible Hours

Tips

Job summary

Chestnut, located in East Anglia, invites an experienced Head Chef to lead our kitchen team and craft seasonal menus that delight guests. You will recruit, train, and mentor staff, ensuring exceptional dishes with consistent taste and presentation, while managing inventory, costs, and food safety.

Join a supportive kitchen culture with incentives, flexible hours, and tips, plus opportunities for growth within a vibrant hospitality group.

Qualifications

• Design seasonal menus reflecting Chestnut’s vision.
• Recruit, train, and mentor kitchen staff.
• Ensure dishes meet high standards of taste, presentation and consistency.
• Oversee inventory, cost control and food safety.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing exciting seasonal menus that reflect Chestnut’s vision.
• Recruit, train, and mentor kitchen staff, fostering a collaborative and positive work environment.
• Ensuring every dish meets a high standard for taste, presentation, and consistency.
• Overseeing kitchen operations including inventory, cost control and food safety.
• Managing dry stock and ensuring accurate ordering.
• Working closely with the General Manager to maintain a happy, positive and high-performing team culture.

Skills

Menu design

Team leadership

Quality control

Kitchen operations

Job description

The Three Blackbirds is seeking an experienced, skilled Head Chef to lead our kitchen team. At Chestnut, we champion fresh, locally sourced ingredients, seasonal creativity, and dishes that make guests feel at home.

If you’re passionate about great food and thrive in a positive, supportive kitchen, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Requirements

• Designing and developing exciting seasonal menus that reflect Chestnut’s vision.
• Recruit, train, and mentor kitchen staff, fostering a collaborative and positive work environment.
• Ensuring every dish meets a high standard for taste, presentation, and consistency.
• Overseeing kitchen operations including inventory, cost control and food safety
• Managing dry stock and ensuring accurate ordering
• Working closely with the General Manager to maintain a happy, positive and high-performing team culture

Why Join Us?

• Incentives: Enjoy both team and individual incentives that reward your hard work and dedication – including staff days out and trips abroad
• Flexible Hours: Allowing our employees to maintain a work and home life balance
• Tips: Earn tips on top of your competitive hourly pay. Enjoy tracking your financial progress by using Wagestream

Perks of Working with Us:

• Being part of a friendly, supportive team as well as integrating with an array of different staff teams from other Chestnut properties
• Additional tips on top of competitive hourly pay
• Opportunities for growth and development within hospitality careers
• A vibrant, community-focused work environment.
• Enjoy both food and room discounts with friends
• Access to our exclusive Chestnut Hub which offers 100s of high street discounts
• High quality, fresh staff food included
• Industry accredited and nationally recognised qualificationsEmployee reward and recognition prizes
• Referral scheme (earn up to £1500 per referral)

Who are Chestnut?

Located within the East Anglia region, we are a growing group of stunning pubs with rooms and Bottle Shops. We are proud yet humble and at our core, we always strive to do the best we can for our fantastic people. Our team members are at the heart of who we are, which is why we offer a variety of hours to suit our team members and their personal commitments.

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