Indian Kitchen Chef

BOMBAY STORY INDIAN KITCHEN & BAR; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Bombay Story Indian Kitchen & Bar is seeking a Senior Indian Specialist Curry Chef to join our dynamic kitchen team in the UK. Reporting to the Head Chef, you will prepare Indian dishes, sauces, and marinades, ensuring high standards of quality and presentation for our all-day menu.

You will lead the kitchen brigade during busy service, develop seasonal items, and train junior staff while maintaining food safety and cost controls.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' experience as a chef in a reputable Indian restaurant.
• Deep knowledge of authentic spice blending, pan-work, and traditional cooking methods.
• Up-to-date Basic Food Hygiene or Level 2 Food Safety Certificate.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead a team.
• Experience in fast casual high street brands is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Service & Pass Management: Lead the kitchen brigade during busy service, run the pass, and ensure every plate matches quality and presentation standards before going to guests.
• Cooking: Prepare a wide range of regional Indian curries, sauces, gravies, and marinades according to restaurant standards.
• Tandoor Operation: Operating clay ovens to prepare authentic breads and marinated meats.
• Team Leadership & Training: Train, mentor, and supervise regional Indian curry dishes and junior chefs, while helping managerotas and labor efficiency.
• Inventory & Cost Control: Handle stock ordering, supplier relationships, food cost (Gross Profit / GP), stock rotation (FIFO), and wastage tracking.
• Menu & Dish Development: Assist the Head Chef in creating seasonal menus, testing new recipes, and executing daily specials.
• Safety & Hygiene: Enforce food safety, allergen management, COSHH, and Environmental Health Officer (EHO) regulations.

Skills

Professional culinary experience

Spice blending expertise

Pan-work and traditional cooking

Excellent communication

Education

Food Safety Certification (Level 2)

Job description

Overview

Bombay Story is a modern version of agenuine Indian kitchen. A far cry from the traditional curry house, thisconcept is based on the highest quality Indian street, and home cooked food.Salads, grills and breads feature in a short, but well thought out andversatile all-day menu.

Bombay Story is - Fulfilling, Colorful, Fun, Edgy,Multicultural, Fast, Casual, Global influence, Young, Dynamic and Affordable. We love the idea of people enjoying our dishes without thinking they havesacrificed an ingredient or flavour to conform to the latest health fad.

The Bombay Story team are passionate individualswith big personalities, but most importantly they love service excellencedelivered in our own unique, upbeat, and vibrant style.

Weare now recruiting a full-time Senior Indian Specialist Curry Chef to joinour professional kitchen team. Reporting directly to the Head Chef, the CurryChef will be expected to prepare Indian culinary delights, sauces andmarinades for the curry section, ensuring food is produced to a highstandard.

Key Responsibilities

• Service & Pass Management: Lead the kitchenbrigade during busy service, run the pass, and ensure every plate matchesquality and presentation standards before going to guests.
• Cooking: Prepare a wide range of regional Indiancurries, sauces, gravies, and marinades according to restaurant standards.
• TandoorOperation: Operating clay ovens to prepare authentic breads and marinatedmeats.
• Team Leadership & Training: Train, mentor, andsupervise regional Indian curry dishes and junior chefs, while helping managerotas and labor efficiency.
• Inventory & Cost Control: Handle stock ordering,supplier relationships, food cost (Gross Profit / GP), stock rotation (FIFO),and wastage tracking.
• Menu & Dish Development: Assist the Head Chef increating seasonal menus, testing new recipes, and executing daily specials.
• Safety & Hygiene: Enforce food safety, allergenmanagement, COSHH, and Environmental Health Officer (EHO) regulations.

The Role

• Whilstassistance will be provided in the preparation of complex regional Indiancurry dishes and accountable for the main preparation and plate presentationof all curry dishes.
• Toundertake menu planning in consultation with Head Chef.
• Ensuremenus are displayed showing choices.
• Determinequantities to be cooked and size of portions to be served.
• Assistingthe Head Chef in maintaining records of stock and orders items as required.
• Ensuringthat adequate stocks of food are maintained (fresh, frozen and dried) for thecurry section.
• Assist theHead Chef in checking quantity and quality of stock received and notifysuppliers of deficiencies.
• Allocateand oversee the work of the junior kitchen staff team including cleaningschedules.
• EnsureHACCP’s processes are followed and recorded as required.
• Whenrequired to oversee washing and cleaning of floors, crockery, utensils, work surfacesand other kitchens equipment to ensure that the necessary hygiene and healthand safety standards are maintained in the kitchen and dining room asappropriate.
• Assistingthe Head Chef to ensure that the food expenditure is kept within budget.
• Whenrequired deputies in the absence of the Head Chef.
• Tounderstand responsibilities in relation to fire procedures, health andsafety, COSSH, infection control, food hygiene and emergency aid
• Minimum offive years’ experience as a Chef for a reputable Indian restaurant

Skills & Competences

• Experience: 5 to 10 years of professionalculinary experience in a reputable Indian kitchen.
• Skills: Deep knowledge of authentic spiceblending, pan-work, and traditional cooking methods.
• Certificates: Up-to-date Basic Food Hygiene orLevel 2 Food Safety Certificate.
• Professionalism and Excellent communicationskills
• The ability to form positive relationshipswith colleagues.
• The ability to build a supportive team whereindividual skills are recognised and valued.
• Fine dining - Indian restaurant
• Planning
• Experiencein the personality department is key!
• A passionfor the food industry
• 7+ yearsprevious experience in fast casual high street food brands is preferable

Qualifications and Requirements of the Position

• English asa first or second language (spoken, written and reading)
• Wellgroomed and presentable
• Discretionand Loyalty
• Theability to multi task
• Excellenttimekeeping
• Flexibleworking hours (incl. working on bank holidays)
• Necessaryworking permits