Head Chef - High Road House Chiswick, West London

Soho House & Co; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Soho House & Co is seeking a Head Chef for High Road House in Chiswick, London. The role includes overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring food quality, managing a team, and collaborating with departments for menu creation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in a similar environment and possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills, ensuring high member and guest satisfaction.

Benefits

Weekly Pay

Team meal whilst on shift prepared by chefs

50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week

Private Health and Dental Care

Life Assurance

Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home

Continuous training for personal and professional development

Exclusive access to discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Up to 3-5 years' experience in a busy kitchen within a senior management capacity.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships.
• Strong attention to details and excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee entire kitchen operation including recruitment, training, and compliance.
• Ensure health and safety policies are followed and food quality standards are met.
• Collaborate with Marketing/Events department on menu creation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Teamwork

Job description

Head Chef - High Road House Chiswick, West London

Head Chef - High Road House Chiswick, West London

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• Team meal whilst on shift prepared by our chefs
• Every House Membership
• 50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rate; Any Bedroom, Any House, $100 a night
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Day off on your birthday
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.
  
  

What's in it for you?

• Weekly Pay
• Team meal whilst on shift prepared by our chefs
• £20 Taxi Contribution for late shifts
• Every House Membership
• 50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rate; Any Bedroom, Any House, $100 a night
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Day off on your birthday
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.
  
  

High Road House…

Located in West London's Chiswick, High Road House combines a neighbourhood feel with French style glamour. The all-day club menu is served across member spaces, with the main bar offering coffee by day and cocktail by night. Open to members and the public, High Road Brasserie on the ground floor serves European dishes and brunch.

The Role…

A Head Chef at Soho House is a culinary expert who oversees the operations and staff of one of our houses or public restaurants. Main responsibilities include creating and maintaining the kitchen's budget, assigning tasks to other chefs in your brigade and ensuring member satisfaction by ensuring the delivery of high-quality dishes.

Main Duties…

• Working alongside the General Manager to improve the food offering in the house or restaurant, ensuring appeal to members and guests.
• Oversee entire kitchen operation (Pastry, Production, Pizza, Pasta and Specialty Cooks) team including but not limited to recruitment, on-boarding, training, payroll and disciplinary procedures. As well as staff performance, conducting appraisals and strategize with leadership to assess staff performance and development while maintaining professional relationships
• Ensure health and safety policy is always followed as well as implement, monitor and enforce compliance with all Company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Delegate tasks to team and complete daily check lists that support anticipated business levels, production, orders, special requests, events, dietary restrictions and ensure team follows proper allergy procedure.
• Responsible for educating and training staff on safe work habits and proper process as well as procedure if encountered with a dangerous or unsafe situation.
• Create, implement and enforce process to run an effective and efficient kitchen while maintaining the highest-level of standards, food quality, COGS and minimized margins to increase profits without sacrificing taste or member / guest experience.
• Ensure teamwork and synergy exists between the front and back of house staff through proper communication and delegate tasks and staff tasks to ensure smooth service and kitchen operations.
• Collaborate with Marketing/Events department on menu creation, food preparation, food costs, quality food service and product are delivered.
• Working alongside the other chefs to produce 'team meals' for the wider team in the house or restaurant. Ensuring this is of high quality, varied in choice and suitable to all dietary requirements.
• Shares the overall responsibility of proper storing procedures, food orders, food cost, equipment, sanitation and hygiene to Company and local standards
  
  

What we are looking for...

• Up to 3-5 years' experience in a busy kitchen within a senior management capacity
• Innovator and influencer with previous experience managing F&B operations
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships (internal and external)
• Strong attention to details
• Excellent customer service
• Fluent in English
• Organised and reliable
  
  

High Road House Opening Hours:

Mon – Weds – 8am – 11pm

Thurs – 8am – 12am

Fri – Sat – 8am – 1am

Sunday – 8am – 11pm

• subject to change
  
  

Nearest Station (W4 1PR): Turnham Green, Chiswick Park, Stamford Brook

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitality

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