Head Chef

Bm Caterers; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering company in Reading is seeking a skilled kitchen manager to lead a team in creating seasonal, nutritious menus and engaging with patrons. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in kitchen management, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for food innovation. This role includes attending forums, leading workshops, and maintaining high culinary standards while encouraging team development.

Benefits

Annual day off for your birthday

Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs

Fully funded development courses

Discounts at various retailers

Cycle-to-work scheme

Paid day off to volunteer

Free lunch every workday

Access to Mental Health Charter App

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Paid leave for fertility treatments

Grandparent leave

Qualifications

• Proven experience in kitchen management.
• Ability to lead and develop a kitchen team.
• Strong communication skills to engage with customers.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal, balanced, and nutritious menus.
• Recruit, manage, and develop your own kitchen team.
• Interact with customers to gain inspiration for new ideas.
• Lead craft workshops and keep standards high.

Skills

Kitchen management

Engaging communication skills

Team leadership

Food innovation

Job description

You're inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal, balanced and nutritious menus. You'll recruit, lead, manage and develop your own team, using your proven kitchen management experience and engaging communication skills. Ensuring our standards are met or exceeded, you'll work with each site team to keep food innovation firmly on the agenda and achieve excellent GPs. You will work with a group of General Managers to build and maintain the relationship between our company's Foodie cultures and the goals of our clients.

Being a part of our culture of learning is important at BM Caterers. That's why you'll attend our forums and lead craft workshops - to keep up-to-date with food innovation across the company as well as understanding the trends on the High Street. Continuous development extends to your team too, and you'll provide the strong leadership and coaching needed to keep standards and performance at the highest level, always encouraging new initiatives. Being in the kitchen doesn't mean you won't see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food - to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations.

Our Benefits Include

• An annual day off for your birthday!
• Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs.
• Fully funded development courses ranging from levels 2 to 7.
• Discounts and cashback at a wide variety of retail and leisure outlets.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Freedom Friday - a paid day off to volunteer at a charity of your choice.
• Free lunch every workday!
• 24/7 access to the Mental Health Charter App.
• Enhanced parental leave benefits.
• Paid leave for fertility treatments.
• Grandparent leave to support your loved ones with their new arrival.