Head Chef Hotel

DDH Recruitment Ltd; Ruthin; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Accommodation charge: 170 GBP per月

Job summary

DDH Recruitment Ltd places a Head Chef at a historic Welsh hotel surrounded by parkland. You will lead a small team, delivering high quality dishes and maintaining Rosette-standard compliance with strict health and safety practices.

Responsibilities include menu planning, costing, stock control, and recording temperature/HACCP logs, while driving GP targets and ensuring smooth kitchen operations. Accommodation is provided on an all-inclusive basis.

Qualifications

• Must be a mature, professional Head Chef with ability to lead a small kitchen team.
• Thorough knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and maintaining proper records.
• Experience working to at least 1 Rosette standard.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food items to the standard required by the company and ensure quality output.
• Order, check in and store food items in accordance with the law and company policy.
• Regularly check temperatures of cooked and refrigerated foods.
• Maintain health, safety and hygiene records and COSHH/HASAP/RIDAR compliance.
• Rotate staff and ensure sufficient shift coverage.
• Assist in recruitment, induction and training of staff.
• Plan and implement new menus including costings and recipes.
• Aim to achieve or improve budgeted GP and stock levels.
• Drive high quality food and efficient kitchen operations.
• Undertake any other reasonable requests from management.

Skills

Leadership & team management

Health & safety compliance

Menu planning

Costing & GP management

Job description

Workplace description: This hotel offers a retreat steeped in history and nestled in acres of parkland. It boasts exquisite dining, a cooked Welsh breakfast, and a distinctive spa. Situated beside the rustic woodland grounds of the castle's moat, the spa offers a selection of treatments. Guests can also enjoy a calming relaxation area and thermal suite, with a sauna and steam room.

Main duties and responsibilities: To prepare food items in accordance with the business demands and produce dishes to the standard set by the company and yourself.

To order, check in and correctly store all food items in accordance with the law, observing quantity, quality, size and price as agreed by the company, hotel and yourself.

Be responsible for regular checks of temperature of cooked and refrigerated foods in accordance with the law.

To obey all rules and laws of health, safety and hygiene.

To be responsible for drawing up and maintaining of records for temperature checks, HASAP’s, COSHH, RIDAR within the department.

To rota staff ensuring sufficient shift cover at all times.

To assist in recruitment, induction, training of new staff in the department.

Planning and implementing of new menus including costings and recipes.

To aim to achieve or improve upon the budgeted GP.

Ensure food stocks are to the required level placing orders where necessary.

Drive the business forward by producing high quality food and the efficient running of the kitchen.

To undertake any other reasonable request made by management.

Essential criteria

We seek a mature, highly professional and experienced Head Chef capable of taking full control of the kitchen and a small team of chefs. A thorough knowledge of Health & Safety legislation is needed to maintain accurate and proper records within the work place. A stable background is desired for this position and you will ideally have experience of working to at least 1 Rosette standards

Accommodation provided: Yes (on an all inclusive basis)

Charge for accommodation: 170 GBP per month