Head Chef - Café Rouge Center Parcs Whinfell

The Big Table Group; Penrith; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discount

Friends & Family Discount

Care program

Free meals on shift

Referral bonus

Wages access

Savings & loans

Gym membership

Merlin discounts

Team events

Job summary

Café Rouge is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead our kitchen, ensuring every dish is cooked to perfection and that high standards of cleanliness and efficiency are maintained. You will collaborate with the management team to achieve brand and restaurant goals, while creating a positive, development-focused team culture.

This leadership role focuses on driving guest experience, optimizing menu execution, and making sound financial decisions to maximise profitability.

Qualifications

• We split long and complex tasks into manageable pieces.
• The role requires leadership to drive guest experience and kitchen standards.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with management to achieve brand and restaurant goals
• Driving guest experience and ensuring every dish is cooked to perfection
• Maintaining highest standards of cleanliness
• Creating a fun, motivating team environment and developing internal talent
• Being commercial and making sound financial decisions to maximise profits

Job description

Looking for career with more Oh LaLa? Yes? Then Café Rouge is the place for you!As aHead Chef, you will become a valued member of the Café Rouge team.

We are delighted to be able to reward our Head Chefs with...

• 50% Employee Discount
• 25% Friends and Family Discount
• We Care program including: 24/7 virtual GP, second medical opinion, healthcare cash plan, dental health plan, mental health support and counselling, Get Fit Program, healthy diet support.
• Free meals on shift
• Referral bonus
• Access to wages before pay day
• Salary Finance- access to savings and loans
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Discounts on Merlin Entertainment
• Competitions to win trips away
• Team parties and events

As a Head Chef, you will be responsible for:

• Working closely alongside the management team to achieve the brand and restaurant goals
• Driving the guest experience, ensuring every dish is cooked to perfection
• Always delivering the highest standards of cleanliness
• Creating a fun and motivating team environment with a focus on developing internal talent
• Being commercial byconsidering every line of the profit and loss account to make strong financial decisions, ensuring every penny counts