Head Kitchen Gardener

The Pig in the South Downs; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

THE PIG - in the South Downs is seeking a Head Kitchen Gardener responsible for managing a team, fostering sustainable practices, and ensuring a year-round diverse harvest. Join a unique hospitality group dedicated to organic produce, team development, and offering an inspiring workplace with numerous employee perks.

Benefits

Staff stays – free B&B

35% discount on food, beverages & treatments

Meals on duty

Annual holiday increase (up to 33 days)

Take home goods – cost price

Free access to on-demand GP and counselling services

Range of learning & development courses

Anniversary vouchers – dinner with wine for 2

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchen gardening and team management.
• Desire to learn and grow with training support.

Responsibilities

• Manage the upkeep and presentation of the Kitchen Garden.
• Develop and execute an annual harvest plan.
• Conduct garden tours for guests.

Skills

Organizational skills

Knowledge of food and flavours

Passion for sustainable produce

Animal husbandry

Education

Royal Horticultural Society Level 2

Job description

Location: THE PIG - in the South Downs, Arundel, BN18 0NL

Earnings: £31,000 depending on experience. OTE £33,610, including tronc.

Hours: 40 hours per week, including weekends.

At THE PIG it all starts in the kitchen garden – the team here are the original Home-Grown Heroes of everything we do. As Head Kitchen Gardner at THE PIG - in the South Downs, you will be managing a small team, which you will collectively oversea a productive upkeep and a beautiful presentation of the Kitchen Garden.

You will be instrumental to ensuring a diverse produce is able to be harvested 365 days a year, rain, or shine. Having a strong interest in food and flavours will support when working closely with the Head Chef and Group Head Kitchen Gardener to contribute to our seasonal 25 miles menu in the Restaurant.

Strong organisational skills are essential to develop an annual harvest plan, completing weekly tasks, managing our greenhouse, fruit cage, polytunnel and mushroom house. Our Kitchen Gardens are organically managed and apply creative pest and disease controls methods to ensure quality produce.

You will be the face of our Kitchen Garden as our guests enjoy our grounds, delivering and arranging daily tours to demonstrate knowledge and passion of our freshly grown sustainable produce. We also are home to pigs, chickens, sheep and quails so some animal husbandry will be required.

It is desirably if you have your Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Level 2, however with the right experience and passion, we can support you with further training.

We are dedicated to making THE PIGs an inspiring, exciting, and fun place to work and in return for your hard work you can expect something a little different:

• Staff stays – free B&B.
• 35% discount on food, beverages & treatments.
• Meals on duty.
• Annual holiday increase (up to 33 days)
• Take home goods – cost price.
• Free access for you and your family to an on-demand GP, Physiotherapy, and counselling services through Help@Hand.
• A range of learning & development courses.
• Anniversary vouchers – dinner with wine for 2.

To view our full range of perks, visit our ‘What we can do for you’ section on our career’s webpage: jobs.thepighotel.com

Home Grown Hotels is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against candidates based on any of the protected characteristics set out in the Equalities Act 2010.