Head Chef - Natural History Museum

Benugo Limited; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading catering company at the prestigious Natural History Museum as a Head Chef. You'll lead a passionate kitchen team, ensuring exceptional food quality while driving sales and maintaining safety standards. With full-time hours and various employee benefits, this role offers a unique opportunity to grow your culinary career.

Benefits

Free lunch on shift

Free tea and coffee

Monthly allowance to use at any Benugo location

Life Assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay

Company sick leave

Employee discounts at retailers

Qualifications

• Experienced in a high volume kitchen.
• Passionate about food design and delivery.
• Commercially aware with understanding of profit margins and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and direct kitchen team to deliver exceptional food.
• Drive sales and monitor costs through quality ordering.
• Manage kitchen rotas and training for the team.

Skills

Food safety

Kitchen management

Cost management

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Head Chef to join the team at the iconic Natural History Museum.

Our food offer at the Natural History Museum ranges from busy cafes serving freshly made sandwiches and barista coffee, to family friendly restaurant with pizzas, burgers, and seasonal dishes. In addition, we cater for a variety of casual events, including museum sleepovers.

We Offer:

Shifts: Mainly daytime, 5 days out of 7 (including weekends)

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

About the Head Chef role:

• To plan, organise and direct the kitchen team to deliver exceptional fresh and seasonal food to specification, ensuring that we never compromise on taste and quality
• To drive sales and monitor costs through responsibly ordering via quality and preferred suppliers
• To be responsible for all aspects of food safety, health and safety and COSHH
• To manage rotas and scheduling accordingly to the business needs
• To coach, train and develop theteam
• To work closely with the group Executive Chef on menu development

The ideal candidate will be:

• Passionate about designing, creating and delivering exceptional food dishes
• Experienced working within a high volume kitchen
• Commercially aware- i.e understanding or profit margins, purchasing, budgets, labour, food costs

Additional Information

Benugo has built a culture of inclusivity & progression for all employees. Not only have we retained our family-feel culture, but we also offer a range of benefits including:

• Free lunch on shift
• Free tea and coffee at any Benugo location
• A monthly allowance to use at any Benugo location
• Competitive rate
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave pay for when your family is growing
• Company sick leave
• Company annual leave
• Opportunity to develop and further your career within a fast growing an exciting company with a very prestigious list of clients
• Employee discounts at several retailers (via Perkboxapp) & fitness providers
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme & our trained Mental Health First Aiders

If this sounds like the role for you, apply now!