Head Chef – Blandford Forum, England

Holroyd Howe; Blandford Forum; On-site; GBP 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent school caterer seeks a Head Chef for their Milton Abbey site in Blandford Forum. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in high-quality kitchen management, a passion for culinary innovation, and the ability to lead a team through creative dining experiences. This role offers a salary of £37,000 annually along with excellent benefits including 28 days holiday and training opportunities.

Benefits

28 days holiday including bank holidays

Bespoke training and development opportunities

Pension and life insurance

Discounts on HAPI app

Wellbeing hub

Employee assistance programme

Free meals at work

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or Executive Chef in a high-volume, quality-focused environment.
• Experience in managing, training, and supporting a team is essential.
• Financially astute, with skills in creating and maintaining budgets.
• Excellent coaching and delegation abilities.
• Ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Craft imaginative and nutritionally balanced menus.
• Lead a dynamic kitchen team, fostering creativity.
• Oversee kitchen operations ensuring high food quality.
• Maintain adherence to health and safety regulations.

Skills

Creativity

Communication

Organizational skills

Team management

Problem-solving

Job description

Head Chef – Blandford Forum, England

Company Description

Title: Head Chef

Location: Milton Abbey

Salary: £37,000 per annum

Benefits:

• 28Days holiday including bank holidays
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our HAPI app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Free meals whilst at work
• Career development opportunities

Are you a seasoned inspirational and creative Head Chef with a passion for creating exceptional dining experiences? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for passionate Head Chefto be the driving force behind this prestigious independent school’s culinary program.

Nestled in the heart of Dorset, this prestigious independent school – Milton Abbeycaters for 220 day pupils as well as 220 boarders and staff and includes not only a breakfast, lunch and supper service but also an extensive hospitality service. This operatessevendays a week.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled Head Chef to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for education catering.

Job Description

As a Head Chefyour focus is to work closely with your teams to develop a great work relationship and together provide the best customer service.

As well as having an excellent presentation, organisational and communication skills, you will be able to demonstrate a real passion for food & service and possess bags of enthusiasm.

• Craft imaginative and nutritionally balanced menus that cater to diverse tastes, dietary preferences, and nutritional needs of our students.
• Lead a dynamic kitchen team by example, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and efficiency.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the kitchen, ensuring high standards of food quality and service.
• Maintain strict adherence to health and safety regulations, ensuring a clean and organised kitchen environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or Executive Chef in a high-volume, quality-focused environment.
• You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date.
• Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and a high attention to detail
• Empathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective.
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills

Additional Information

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

We pride ourselves on:

Sustainability

Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.

Nutrition

We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.

Food Innovation

We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team.

From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.

“Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity, it is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children, therefore we will require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding any criminal offences and shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search of public available information on suitability to work with children.“

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.

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