Head Chef

Lounge Café Bars; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the hospitality sector is seeking a Head Chef to join their team in Royal Leamington Spa. This role offers the opportunity to create and deliver exceptional dishes in a supportive environment, with a focus on high-quality ingredients and teamwork. The successful candidate will bring kitchen experience and leadership skills, contributing to the restaurant's reputation for excellent food and service.

Benefits

Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one

28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service

Loungefest staff party

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Tips shared equally across the team

Christmas and Boxing Day off

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef.
• Proficient with fresh ingredients and kitchen skills.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff and deliver training.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present dishes according to restaurant standards.
• Lead and mentor a team in a busy kitchen environment.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards.

Skills

Leadership

Knife Skills

Food Hygiene Practices

Team Collaboration

Kitchen Management

Job description

Join to apply for the Head Chef role at Lounge Café Bars

Continue with Google Continue with Google

1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Join to apply for the Head Chef role at Lounge Café Bars

This range is provided by Lounge Café Bars. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Lounge Café Bars

Connecting people to great careers with Loungers

This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK.

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.

You'll be doing it your way. You'll be part of a dedicated, supportive team, working from our flexible all-day menu to give people food that'll make their day. It'll be your responsibility to make each dish to spec, in a clean and safe kitchen, and to follow the lead of your Head Chef to make sure all prep and par is completed for each shift. You'll be helping every customer leave happy. Which they tend to do. Thanks to your great food.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

• You are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.
• You will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)
• Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.
• Familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.
• You will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs; labour/house; food preparation.
• You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.

If you want to find out more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Customer Service and Management

• Industries

  Hospitality and Restaurants

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lounge Café Bars by 2x

Get notified about new Chef jobs in Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom.

Lickey End, England, United Kingdom 6 days ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Prep Chef -30 hours per week - FTC Expiring 31st October 2025

Warwick, England, United Kingdom 2 months ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom 21 hours ago

Barnt Green, England, United Kingdom 3 months ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 3 weeks ago

Leamington Hastings, England, United Kingdom 1 month ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Daventry, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Halesowen, England, United Kingdom £13.60 - £13.60 1 day ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom 1 week ago

Warwick, England, United Kingdom £30,000 - £32,000 1 month ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.