Head Chef Monday - Friday at CH&CO

Ch Co; Dublin; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Pension

Holiday allowance

Healthcare

Employee support program

Job summary

Ch Co in Dublin is seeking a full-time, on-site Kitchen Lead to oversee all food preparation and menu planning. The role runs Monday to Friday, 6:30am–3:00pm, 40 hours per week, with a salary of €55,000 per year. You will lead a kitchen team, ensure high quality, and collaborate with clients to enhance the catering offer.

The position emphasizes food safety, COSHH compliance, and ongoing staff development, with benefits and career growth opportunities provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing high-standard dishes and managing a kitchen.
• Ability to lead a team and meet service targets.
• Knowledge of food safety and hygiene standards.
• Experience developing and planning menus.
• COSHH and Food Hygiene training completed.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and oversee all food preparation to high standards.
• Ensure timely production for smooth service.
• Maintain ingredients availability for menus.
• Develop menus aligned with client expectations.
• Lead kitchen operations and uphold quality and hygiene.
• Manage kitchen team, labour, costs, stock, and waste.
• Drive menu innovation and compliance with client.
• Provide feedback and coaching.
• Ensure COSHH and Food Hygiene training are up to date.
• Supervise 1 Sous Chef and 2 KP's

Skills

Kitchen Management

Food Safety

Menu Planning

Team Leadership

Cost Control

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Great food in the workplace isn’t simply about fuel. It’s about increasing productivity and improving performance; it’s about happy motivated people and inspiring environments. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – we live to bring food and people together. We are brave, bold and curious adventurers in food and drink. Never shy of being different, always challenging the conventional. Our passionate team of chefs, baristas, servers, nutritionists and much more, love nothing more than creating memorable moments that enrich the everyday.

Location: Dublin, D16 KH51 Rate of Pay: €55,000 Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 6:30am - 15:00pm, 40 hours per week

Key Responsibilities:

• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers
• Lead the kitchen operation, ensuring consistently high food quality, presentation, food safety and customer satisfaction.
• Manage kitchen team performance, labour, food costs, stock control and waste to achieve financial and operational targets.
• Drive menu innovation, maintain compliance, and work closely with the General Manager and client to continuously improve the catering offer and food standards.
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training
• Manage a team of 1 Sous Chef & 2 KP's

What's in it for you?

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare
• Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance Family friendly support Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers