Head Chef: Shape the Next-Gen Kitchen & Menu

Aluminiosteverga; Bath; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monthly tronc

Free parking

48 hours per week

Training & progression

Wellbeing support

Staff discounts

Refer-a-friend bonus

Diverse team

Purpose-driven work

Job summary

The Bird in Bath is seeking a Head Chef who is bold, imaginative and commercially minded to shape the kitchen and lead a growing team. You will develop the food identity, design menus celebrating local produce, and work closely with the Restaurant & Bar team to deliver a seamless guest experience from start to finish.

You will recruit, mentor and inspire your brigade, ensuring high standards of presentation, consistency and hospitality.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to shape a kitchen and food identity.
• Experience building and leading a brigade.
• Strong commercial understanding of margins, labour, and waste.

Responsibilities

• Shape the kitchen and food identity and build a brigade around you.
• Create menus that celebrate great ingredients and seasonality, while reflecting the Bird identity.
• Collaborate with Restaurant & Bar to ensure a seamless guest experience from arrival to departure.
• Be commercially switched on: manage margins, labour, waste and purchasing.
• Collaborate with senior team and Brand Marketing on pop-ups, collaborations and events.
• Build a kitchen culture that people want to be part of and recruit, develop and inspire the team.
• Lead from the pass, in the kitchen and at the front of house to set the tempo.
• Maintain high standards of cleanliness, presentation and consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Menu development

Team building

Commercial acumen

Food integrity

Job description

The Bird in Bath is seeking a Head Chef who is bold, imaginative and commercially minded to shape the kitchen and lead a growing team. You will develop the food identity, design menus celebrating local produce, and work closely with the Restaurant & Bar team to deliver a seamless guest experience from start to finish.

You will recruit, mentor and inspire your brigade, ensuring high standards of presentation, consistency and hospitality.