Head Chef - Live in

Young's; Guildford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food destination pub seeks an experienced Head Chef to create seasonal dishes and lead a thriving kitchen team. With competitive compensation and a supportive environment, you'll have autonomy in menu creation and access to extensive training programs. Join us to continue our tradition of excellence in food and service.

Benefits

Full autonomy to create menus

Access to Apprenticeship Scheme

Regular culinary masterclasses

Inspirational food trips

Free meals

20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels

Enhanced Company Pension Scheme

28 Days Holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef or Sous Chef required.
• Ability to design and deliver fresh seasonal menus.
• Active hands-on team player.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal dishes and manage a high-volume kitchen.
• Lead and develop a culinary team while ensuring quality service.
• Manage kitchen staff schedules and training.

Skills

Team Leadership

Creativity

Communication Skills

Planning and Organisational Skills

Job description

Head Chef - Food destination pub - High volume. Live in. 60k OTE is made up of Up to 50k plus service charge.

About us:

We're on the lookout for an experienced Head Chef for our food destination pub in West Clandon. We have a fantastic reputation as a food destination site and are looking for someone to continue to grow the offer from strong foundations. You'll have experience creating seasonal dishes which showcase the best produce that Britain has to offer, running a high volume kitchen, and developing and leading a large team. We champion local farmers and producers, which include an extensive selection of meats from local butcher Rawlings of Cranleigh, and specialise in hearty dishes using stunning fresh produce from the land and sea. This role comes with exceptionally sized live-in accommodation within the village.

Here at The Onslow Arms, we believe in family. We have built an excellent reputation for amazing food with the best service in lovely surroundings. We have a well-established team, delivering high standards of service and are looking for friendly, energetic people to join us and become part of our family. We promote a fun and sociable environment for our team to work in and the team thrive in this positive atmosphere.

We offer comprehensive training for all job roles and excellent industry-leading rates of pay and amazing tips. Promoting from within is something we live by; we offer people the right skills to progress to the levels they wish to attain via our great in-house training programmes.

We look forward to welcoming you to our Onslow Arms family.

What we offer our
Head Chefs:

• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create
  your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a
Head Chef:

This role
requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead
by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus
for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service
  through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing
  a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with
  excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen
  staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and
  ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational
  skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and
  labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales
  and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house
  teams

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom