Head Chef: Creative Kitchen Leader & Menu Innovator

Gather + Gather; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development

Life assurance

Pension

Holiday allowance

Eye care

Wellbeing programme

Discount vouchers

Volunteering days

Job summary

Gather & Gather is recruiting a Head Chef in Edinburgh City Centre to take full ownership of the culinary offer, developing fresh concepts that cater to daytime corporate guests and evening social diners. You will work with Front of House leadership to evolve the customer experience and ensure commercial success.

As Head Chef, you will lead a kitchen team, develop menus from concept to delivery, manage budgets and costs, and uphold the highest standards of food quality, safety and hygiene.

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating at Head Chef level within a quality food environment.
• Experience within contract catering, independent high street restaurants, or a combination of both.
• A track record of creating successful menus from concept through to delivery.
• Strong commercial acumen, including menu costing, budgeting and margin management.
• Experience training, coaching and developing kitchen teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, develop and implement menus from scratch across breakfast, lunch, sharing plates and evening dining.
• Manage food costing, menu engineering and kitchen budgets to deliver strong commercial performance.
• Lead, motivate and develop the kitchen team, creating a positive and high-performing culture.
• Recruit, train and mentor chefs at all levels.
• Work collaboratively with Front of House colleagues to enhance customer experience and drive sales.
• Maintain the highest standards of food quality, presentation, hygiene and safety.
• Manage stock control, ordering processes and supplier relationships.
• Drive innovation and continually review and improve the food proposition.
• Ensure compliance with all food safety and health & safety legislation.

Skills

Head Chef experience

Menu costing

Budget management

Staff coaching

Front of House collaboration

Food safety knowledge

Operational leadership

Menu development

Job description

Gather & Gather is recruiting a Head Chef in Edinburgh City Centre to take full ownership of the culinary offer, developing fresh concepts that cater to daytime corporate guests and evening social diners. You will work with Front of House leadership to evolve the customer experience and ensure commercial success.

As Head Chef, you will lead a kitchen team, develop menus from concept to delivery, manage budgets and costs, and uphold the highest standards of food quality, safety and hygiene.