Head Chef Hotel

LANGLEY CASTLE HOTEL; Hexham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious hotel in Northumberland seeks a talented Head Chef to lead their kitchen team. The role involves combining traditional and innovative cooking techniques to create award-winning dishes while managing and training a quality team. Competitive salary and growth opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Competitive Salary depending on experience

Service charge and gratuity up to £3000 per annum

Company discount scheme

Plenty of opportunity for growth and progression

Company pension

Employee discount

Qualifications

• Experience in a fresh food environment to 2 Rosette standard.
• Head chef experience ideally in a hotel environment.
• Proven record of managing, training, and motivating a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team to produce dishes to a 2 Rosette standard.
• Motivate, train, and manage the kitchen staff.
• Ensure excellence in food quality and hygiene standards.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Attention to Detail

Financial Awareness

Training

Coaching

Motivating Teams

Education

Food Safety Training

Health & Safety Training

HACCP Training

Job description

Langley Castle is one of the Northumberland’s most prestigious hotels, rated 4* (Silver) with an award winning fine dining restaurant.

The kitchen team is the heart of the hotel, providing breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, relaxed dining, banqueting and of course fine dining to our guests - both resident and non-resident alike.

We are seeking a talented and passionate Head Chef to head up the team combining traditional flavours with innovative cooking techniques to create a range of delicious dishes.

As a leader, you must be able to motivate, train and manage the team to produce everything fresh to a 2 Rosette standard.

The Perks

As Head Chef you can look forward to the following:

• Competitive Salary depending on experience
• Plus Service charge and gratuity up to £3000 per annum
• Company discount scheme
• Plenty of opportunity for growth and progression

The Person

The ideal Head Chef will have the following:

• Your organisational skills and meticulous attention to detail will be vital in maintaining excellence.
• Sound financial awareness with experience of ordering and rota writing. Proficient training in Food Safety, Health & Safety and HACCP.
• Quality experience in a fresh food environment to 2 Rosette standard.
• Head chef experience ideally in a hotel environment.
• The passion and drive to contribute to the future success of the kitchen brigade who continue to develop award winning dishes.
• The Head Chef must have a proven record of managing, training, coaching and motivating a team of quality chefs.
• Ability to control GP and stocks.
• A proven record of achieving excellent standards of hygiene

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Competitive Salarydepending on experience

Benefits:

• Company pension

• Employee discount