Hospitality & Events Head Chef

Grazing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering firm in Greater London is seeking a Head Chef to manage the Central Production Kitchen, ensuring exceptional food quality and safety. You will be responsible for all food production and execution in catering events, leading the kitchen team, maintaining health standards, and managing allergen information. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and experience in the culinary field, thriving in a fast-paced environment and ensuring customer satisfaction through quality food service.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead a kitchen team effectively.
• Strong knowledge of health and food safety regulations.
• Experience in catering for events and delivery services.

Responsibilities

• Lead food production at the Central Production Kitchen.
• Maintain health and food safety standards.
• Manage allergen information compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Food safety management

Catering experience

Job description

Were on the hunt for a Hospitality & Events Head Chef to lead our buzzing kitchen brigade at Grazing HQ. This is a full-throttle, hands-on role running our central production kitchen delivering mouth-watering food for workplace catering, events and delivery clients.

Youll bring the flavour, the fire, and the leadership to match driving daily operations, inspiring your team, smashing service standards, and keeping quality, consistency and costs firmly on point.

What Youll Be Doing :

• Responsible and accountable for all hospitality & events food production and execution at our Central Production Kitchen (CPU) and, as required, on-site at client offices and event venues.
• Responsible for maintaining Health and Food Safety (HFS) for all areas of the production kitchen and back-of-house operation, in collaboration with the Health & Safety Manager.
• Responsible for overseeing safe allergens systems in order to comply with all legislation and requirements to provide customers with allergen information for all dishes.
• Reporting and managing maintenance issues and equipment status with the assistance of the Grazing Senior Team.
• Oversee the preparation and dispatch of food to ensure accurate and prompt delivery to customers.

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