Head Chef - Hale Country Club & Spa

The Hut Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the hospitality sector is seeking a talented Head Chef to join their team at a luxury country club. This role offers the opportunity to lead a dedicated kitchen staff, ensuring exceptional culinary experiences for guests. You'll be responsible for menu development, kitchen management, and maintaining the highest standards of food safety and presentation. With a focus on creativity and quality, this position is perfect for someone looking to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Join a passionate team and elevate your culinary career in a prestigious setting.

Benefits

Fantastic bedroom rates for yourself and F&F

20% off dining at the hotel

50% off dining at Hale Country Club & Spa

Complimentary monthly club membership

Onsite GP

Onsite physiotherapist

Annual leave entitlement rising every year

Qualifications

• Experience as Head Chef in a high-quality culinary environment.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills required.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team to deliver a 5* service.
• Oversee kitchen operations, ensuring compliance with health & safety.
• Develop menus and manage kitchen budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Kitchen Management

Communication

Budget Management

Cooking Methods

Multitasking

Attention to Detail

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

Job description

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

Head Chef

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Head Chef to join us at Hale Country Club & Spa.

We are looking for a talented, passionate individual to join our team and create memorable guest experiences. You will be responsible for maintaining the highest standard of professionalism in all areas of operation and carry out all duties to our world class standards.

Benefits include:

• Fantastic bedroom rates for yourself and F&F
• 20% off dining at the hotel
• 50% off dining at Hale Country Club & Spa and complimentary monthly club membership
• Up to 50% discounts on THG brands, including Myprotein, Lookfantastic, ESPA and many more!
• Onsite GP (avoid the waits!)
• Onsite physiotherapist
• Annual leave entitlement rising every year with service plus your birthday off

About THG Experience

THG Experience is home to our portfolio of prestige event locations and luxury properties - including Hale Country Club & Spa, King Street Townhouse Hotel, Great John Street Hotel and 100 King Street. Through these venues, we create exceptional experiences, services and content - all of which ensure that our portfolio of brands and partners make real-world connections with their customers that create a lasting impact.

We also collaborate closely with THG Society, our influencer marketing platform, which allows brands to access extraordinary locations, create content and host events with influencers and clients.

THG Experience is perfectly positioned to deliver rapid growth for THG’s fast-moving, global brands.It’s an incredibly exciting time to be joining the team.

Main Duties of the Role

• Lead and inspire the team to deliver a 5* service through consistency of food
• Oversee day to day activity of the kitchen with accountability of health & safety and compliance regulations and food hygiene practices
• Work with wider THG Experience teams on new concept development ensuring the overall strategy is always considered
• To be responsible for the day to day running of the kitchen as directed by the General Manager
• To be responsible for the purchasing of all kitchen items and food control in line with agreed budgets
• Produce in conjunction with other chefs, menu plans, descriptions, costing, photographing and breakdown of all dishes available
• Work collaboratively with F&B Manager and Spa Manager to ensure a seamless food service in both areas
• Menu development and event food offering execution
• Cost control
• To prepare duty rota’s for your staff to ensure adequate cover at all times taking into account the seasonality of the business and to keep overtime to a minimum
• Conduct regular demonstrations of existing or new dishes and make sure a record is kept of such demonstrations to ensure good product knowledge of customer facing staff
• Regularly carry out a stock take of food items to ensure an adequate supply at all times and to inspect the quality of this to ensure statutory compliance
• To support staff within the department in order to develop the team to achieve a high standard of performance through training, coaching and mentoring, which may involve attendance of specific training courses to further development where possible and practicable to do so

Requirements

• Experience as Head Chef in a high quality culinary environment
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills
• Proven ability of kitchen management
• Great attitude towards work & colleagues
• Ability to track expenses and manage a budget
• Excellent use of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and processes.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently under pressure.
• Knowledge of best cooking practices and understanding of trends and new styles.
• Attention to detail and high standards of presentation, creative flair and imagination
• Experience working in a diverse environment
• Self-motivated

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.