Senior Production Chef

Brewhouse and Kitchen; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading brewpub chain in Dorchester is looking for a Senior Production Chef to manage kitchen operations, ensuring high quality food and safety standards. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a passion for culinary excellence. This full-time role offers competitive salary, flexible shifts, and numerous employee benefits, including discounts and development programs.

Benefits

Competitive Salary + tronc

Free team meal on shift

30% off Food, Drink, Accommodation & Experiences

Access to Brewhub discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Annual incentive trips

Award-winning learning & development programs

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Flexible shifts

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work collaboratively within a team.
• Commitment to food safety regulations.
• Experience in kitchen management.

Responsibilities

• Manage food stock and ensure safe working practices.
• Prepare and cook menu items to specification.
• Develop creative dishes for the menu.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Passion for food

Attention to detail

Job description

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Role Purpose

Our Kitchen Teams are key to running a successful brewpub. You are passionate about great food, uncompromising in your standards, with a great eye for detail.

Excellent communication skills are key within this role as is developing rapport with the wider team, understanding the shared goals and working collaboratively to achieve them.

As part of our kitchen management team, you'll have the drive and determination to deliver an excellent service, every single day. You will work alongside the Head Chef in managing the food stock, ensuring safe working practices and that your Brewpub kitchen adheres to all food safety regulations. You'll take a front foot in the preparation and cooking of our menu, ensuring it leaves the kitchen to perfect specification for our guests and will be given creative opportunities to develop dishes for our menu.

Benefits of being a B&K Senior Production Chef

• Award winning employer - Best Brewing Pub Company & Best Companies Accredited 2025
• Competitive Salary + tronc
• 40 Hour working week (Full time equivalent)
• Access your pay early with Hastee Pay, including financial wellbeing support
• Free team meal on shift
• 30% off Food, Drink, Accommodation & Experience's in our Brewpubs and more
• Access to Brewhub - with over 3000+ discounts & cashback opportunities
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Annual incentive trips and benefits
• Access to award winning learning & development and apprenticeship programmes
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Flexible shifts to fit in with life!

At Brewhouse & Kitchen we are a 'people first' business, we value difference and want everyone to be able to bring their true selves to work. We are committed to equality of opportunity for our colleagues and welcome applications from all sections of society regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and family leave, ethnicity, religion/belief, marriage/civil partnerships or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Brewhouse & Kitchen are a Disability Confident employer, if you have a disability or additional needs that require adjustments, please do not hesitate to let us know at the point of application.

If all of this sounds exciting to you, then click 'apply' now!