Head Chef - Live in Available

Premium Village Inns; West Meon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premium pub group in Southern England is looking for an experienced Head Chef with a passion for quality ingredients and exceptional service. The ideal candidate will have leadership experience in a busy kitchen environment and demonstrate excellent culinary skills. Responsibilities include overseeing kitchen operations, maintaining hygiene standards, and managing stock controls. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing team with a focus on delivering high-quality pub food in a cozy atmosphere.

Benefits

Up to £40,000 of Tronc

Flexible shift patterns

Up to 33% off meals

Development program

Lifestyle card for discounts

Service Awards

Chef recruitment incentives

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as a Head Chef.
• Energetic with passion for the job.
• Able to manage staff calmly and inspirationally.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and direct food preparation.
• Maintain food hygiene and safety standards.
• Oversee day-to-day kitchen operations proactively.

Skills

Culinary and presentation skills

Communication and Interpersonal skills

Team Player

Organization skills

Job description

What’s in it for you?

• Up to £40,000 of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Head Chef Requirements :

• Excellent Culinary and presentation skills
• Minimum 1 years experience as a Head Chef
• Excellent Communication and Interpersonal skills
• Energetic with passion to do a great job
• Able to manage staff in a calm, inspirational manner
• A forward-thinker that can manage stock with minimal wastage
• Demonstrates a passion for food
• Team Player
• Excellent organisation skills
• An understanding of profit margins and food stock controls.
• The Right to Work in the UK

Head Chef Responsibilities :

• Plan, organise and direct the preparation and cooking of food ensuring that the company's reputation for quality is enhanced
• Preparing high quality food for our guests quickly and efficiently
• Maintaining food hygiene and safety standards
• Responsibility for ordering and stock controls, reduction of waste
• Overseeing day to day kitchen operations in a proactive and hands‑on way
• Leading a team of chefs and KP's, Train, Coach and mentoring is a must
• Maintaining a clean and organised kitchen
• Adhere to allergen laws and respect for dietary requirements
• producing rotas and cleaning schedules for kitchen staff

A job you can enjoy

We are looking to recruit a passionate and dedicated Head

Chef who is a natural born leader to join us on our very exciting Journey.

We are very passionate about what we do and the quality of

the ingredients we cook with, so we need a Head Chef who loves to cook with raw

ingredients as well as having the ability to coach and educate their team.

If you have

previous Head Chef experience, a strong team approach, a real passion for

delivering service excellence, and the strong desire to work within a

progressive and expanding company – then we want to hear from you!

This is not for the faint hearted as we are busy and going

to get busier, so we need an experienced high class operator to lead and manage

our Kitchen whilst executing great food quality.

It goes without saying that 5 star food hygiene standards

come before everything.

What do we do?

We own a collection of

beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in

idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the

quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience.

Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family

is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started

rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing,

and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy

investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to

continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people

into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big

enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We

are a friendly, hands‑on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are

always on the lookout for like‑minded people who have the desire to work and

grow with us.