Head Chef - Hitchin

Lounge Café Bars; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Un café dynamique recherche un Head Chef passionné pour diriger une équipe dédiée et offrir des plats de qualité. Vous serez responsable de la préparation des aliments, de la gestion de l'équipe et de l'assurance de normes élevées en cuisine. Rejoignez une entreprise en pleine croissance qui valorise le développement personnel et offre de nombreux avantages, y compris des congés payés et des réductions pour le personnel.

Benefits

Remboursement des heures supplémentaires

Repas pour le personnel

50% de réduction pour le personnel

28 jours de congés payés

Soutien émotionnel et pratique

Opportunités de développement personnel

Partage des pourboires

Jours de congé pour Noël et Boxing Day

Qualifications

• Expérience en tant que Head Chef, Kitchen Manager ou Sous Chef.
• Compétences en gestion des performances et des coûts.
• Capacité à former et recruter des équipes de cuisine.

Responsibilities

• Préparer des plats selon les spécifications et maintenir une cuisine propre.
• Assurer la satisfaction des clients grâce à une excellente qualité de nourriture.
• Gérer les indicateurs de performance clés (KPI) pour l'équipe de cuisine.

Skills

Compétences en cuisine

Gestion de l'équipe

Hygiène alimentaire

Préparation des aliments

Education

Expérience en cuisine

Job description

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.

You'll be doing it your way. You'll be part of a dedicated, supportive team, working from our flexible all-day menu to give people food that'll make their day. It will be your responsibility to make each dish to spec, in a clean and safe kitchen, and to ensure all prep and par are completed for each shift. You'll help every customer leave happy, thanks to your great food.

The Good Stuff

• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

What you'll bring

• You are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.
• You will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)
• Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.
• Familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.
• You will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs; labour/house; food preparation.
• You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.

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