Senior Production Chef

Brewhouse & Kitchen; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading brewpub chain in Dorchester is seeking a passionate individual for their kitchen team. You will work closely with the Head Chef, managing food stock, ensuring food safety adherence and contributing creatively to the menu. This role demands excellent communication skills and a collaborative spirit, making it essential to the success of the brewpub's kitchen operations.

Benefits

Competitive Salary + tronc

Award winning employer

Free team meal on shift

30% off Food, Drink, Accommodation & Experiences

Access to over 3000+ discounts & cashback opportunities

Cycle to Work scheme

Annual incentive trips and benefits

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Flexible shifts

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with the team.
• Understanding of food safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Manage food stock and ensure safe working practices.
• Ensure adherence to food safety regulations.
• Participate in menu preparation and cooking.
• Develop dishes creatively.

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the Head Chef to manage food stock and ensure safe working practices.
• Ensure the Brewpub kitchen adheres to all food safety regulations.
• Participate in the preparation and cooking of the menu, ensuring dishes leave the kitchen to the specified standard.
• Take creative opportunities to develop dishes for the menu.

Qualifications / Requirements

There are no specific qualifications listed in the original description. The role emphasizes collaboration, communication, and adherence to food safety standards as part of kitchen management responsibilities.

Benefits

• 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!