Head Chef

Young's Pubs; Walton-on-Thames; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pub group is seeking a Head Chef to lead kitchen operations at their Surrey locations. The role involves menu development, team management, and ensuring high-quality food service. With a competitive salary and benefits, this position offers a chance to grow within a dynamic hospitality environment.

Benefits

Free meals

20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels

Access to Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes

Culinary masterclasses

Inspiration food trips

Regular Chef Forums

Share save Scheme

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef required.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff and ensure food safety.
• Strong communication and team leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage seasonal menus and specials.
• Develop and train kitchen staff.
• Oversee kitchen operations and maintain food quality.

Skills

Menu Development

Food Safety

Food Preparation

Job description

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Head Chef : Up to 54K OTE (42-44k wage plus 9-12k Service Charge)

About us:

We're looking for experienced Head Chefs who are adept at creating and cooking dishes with fresh seasonal ingredients for some of our pubs in Surrey. You'll be in charge of writing recipes to create your menus and specials, developing your team in the kitchen, and looking after all aspects of kitchen management. The majority of our Surrey sites are food-lead venues, and offer the opportunity to grow your reputation as a chef both with our guests in the local area, but also within a large company where every pub has its own individual food vision and menu. Alongside your salary and service charge, you'll have access to a whole heap of benefits, as well as development and inspirational opportunities (more details below).

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers - foraging, fishing, farm visits and more.
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year
  
  
  

What we look for in a Head Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams
  
  
  

Skills

Menu Development

Food Safety

Food Preparation

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitality

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