Head Chef - Spring Inn

J.W. Lees & Co.; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash tips and tronc

Well equipped kitchen

Healthcare Cash Plan

Profit share bonus

Staff discount 30%

50% off food on shift

Hotel and inn discounts

Wellbeing support

Development programmes

Enhanced family leave policies

JW BenefitHub discounts

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

JW Lees is hiring a Head Chef to lead our kitchen team and deliver menus with quality produce. You will oversee daily operations, mentor staff and ensure dishes meet exact specifications.

We offer competitive pay with tips, a healthcare plan, profit share, staff discounts, and opportunities for career progression within our pubs, inns and hotels across the North West.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen team to maintain the highest standards of kitchen operation.
• Cook and ensure every dish leaves the kitchen to specification.
• Maintain excellent stock control practices.
• Motivate and develop the team, sharing skills and experience.
• Create in-house specials and curate menus using quality produce.
• Oversee daily kitchen operations to achieve top 5* Scores on the doors.

Job description

Head Chef Vacancy

We arelooking fora Head Chefto lead our talented kitchen team

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Competitive pay plus cash tips and tronc (that’s your card tips that are paid into your bank)
• Well equipped kitchen with maintained kit plus input in to menu development and ability to curate specials menus using good quality produce
• Healthcare Cash Plan giving you access to a 24-hour GP service and the ability to claim money back for dentist, eyecare and other medical appointments for you and your family
• Annual profit share bonus, ensuring you share in the success of the company
• 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs, inns and hotels for you and friends and family
• 50% off food when on shift
• Discounted stays in our hotels and inns
• 24 hour confidential wellbeing support, plus counselling provided by the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress your career with our internal and external development programmes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies
• Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range of high street and online discounts

What a Head Chef does at JW Lees:

• You’ll be a dedicated and professional leader ensuing that kitchen standards are maintained to the very highest standard
• Be passionate about cooking great food and ensuring every dish leave the kitchen to specification
• Ensure that excellent stock control practices are maintained
• Motivate your team to perform to the best of their cooking capabilities
• Mentor and develop your team, passing on your skills, knowledge and experience
• Be the creative genius behind the in-house specials
• You will lay the ground rules and have overall responsibility over daily operations within the kitchen ensuring you and your team achieve 5* Scores on the doors
• Your work will be exemplary and will inspire your team to send the perfect dish on time every time.

About JW Lees:

Proudly family owned and nearly 200 years old, JW Lees are the original modern, traditional brewer. With 150 pubs, inns and hotels across the North West and North Wales, we are passionate about great beer, fantastic food and memorable experiences.

We put people at the heart of our business, always doing the right thing and always sticking together. Our six values are at the heartofeverything we do:

Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together