Head Chef

The Lounges; Yate; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in hospitality is seeking a passionate Head Chef to lead a dynamic kitchen team. In this exciting role, you will create delicious, fresh dishes that delight customers while ensuring high standards of cleanliness and safety. You'll have the freedom to innovate and make each dish your own, all while being supported by a dedicated team. With a strong emphasis on personal development and career progression, this is a fantastic opportunity to grow in a fast-paced environment. Join a company that values real cooking and real people, and make a difference in the culinary world!

Benefits

Annual salary up to £43,000

Annual bonus scheme up to £4,000

40 and 48 hour contracts available

Overtime pay for extra hours

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount

Paid breaks

28 days holiday pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a kitchen environment, ideally as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to manage kitchen teams and deliver training.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver high-quality dishes while maintaining kitchen standards.
• Lead a team to ensure customer satisfaction and efficient kitchen operations.

Skills

Chef/Kitchen Skills

Food Preparation (Hot and Cold)

Cleaning and Hygiene Practices

Knife Skills

Leadership and Team Management

Education

Experience as Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Job description

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 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

• Annual salary up to £43,000!
• Additional earnings from our annual bonus scheme of up to £4,000 for Head Chefs (paid twice a year)
• 40 and 48 hour contracts available
• We work hard to ensure you don't work over your contracted hours, but if at times this does happen you will receive 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
• Paid breaks
• 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
• Achievable bonuses
• 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.

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