Head Chef

Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading restaurant group as their Head Chef in Manchester, where you’ll lead a vibrant kitchen team and create inspired dishes. Enjoy a dynamic work environment with a focus on culinary excellence and sustainability. This role offers competitive pay, bonuses, and numerous employee benefits including training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Free meals & drinks when working

Free dining when visiting with family & friends

Mental health and well-being support

Financial health education and support

Leadership training and development

Birthday & Anniversary Treat

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Proficient in managing kitchen operations.
• Passion for cooking fresh ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team.
• Prepare and serve high-quality dishes.
• Manage food inventory and kitchen supplies.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Culinary Skills

Customer Service

Education

Culinary Arts Degree

Tools

Fourth

FnB

Harri

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Salary – Up to £55,000 per year based on experience & volume PLUS BONUS. Open to conversation & negotiation.

An incredible opportunity has opened up at our newest site, Caravan Manchester!

Located in the thriving creative district and film studio hub of St John's, our newest baby has a gorgeous open kitchen looking out on to our sleek, minimalist, Kiwi batch inspired 170-cover restaurant with retractable floor-to-ceiling windows, terrace, 360 degree bar, and coffee roastery.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well as investing time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Head Chef who knows how to lead, support & inspire a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests. We would love to hear from you if you’ve got experience cooking fresh ingredients, managing a kitchen and you’re up for a new venture. It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with some brilliant plans on the horizon.

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Head Chef and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Free dining when visiting with family & friends
• Coffee discount
• Bike to work scheme
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants.
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.
  
  

What You'll Be Doing As a Caravan Head Chef

• You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
• You will work with your General Manager to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your role and your kitchen.
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven’t.
  
  

Caravan Values

We live by 4 core values. We expect our Head Chef and all our teams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

• Caravan of Love
• No boundaries
• Well-travelled
• All welcome
  
  

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.
  
  

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Restaurants

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