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Watford
Wagamama
Head chef
Posted: 29 June
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Head Chef at Wagamama

As a head chef at Wagamama, you'll lead your kitchen team in the Wagamama way, living and breathing our people promise, values, and embodying core leadership behaviors. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that every dish served by the kitchen team meets our high standards. You’ll look after the development and growth of your team through inspiring leadership, ensuring they are engaged, motivated, and high performing.


Benefits:

* Bonus scheme | up to £8,000 a year bonus opportunity
* Private medical insurance + pension scheme
* Dedicated 6-week training programme
* Dry-cleaned chef whites provided every shift
* £14 - £25 of free food allowance on every shift
* 50% discount at Wagamama + 30% off all other TRG brands with family and friends
* Internal progression opportunities | fully funded apprenticeship programmes to support your growth
* 28 days holiday
* Kintsugi wellness | access to councillors, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym + leisure
* Family friendly policy | any expectant person or anyone adopting a child will receive 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay
* Financial wellbeing support | access to loans repaid through your salary for those ‘strapped for cash’ moments in life


What we look for:

* An experienced head chef capable of leading a kitchen team through positive behaviors and actions to drive performance in a fast-paced + complex environment
* A strong communicator who has real conversations with consideration + care, ensuring your team feels heard + supported
* Experience in ensuring your kitchen’s food, health, and safety standards are spotless
* Experience understanding the financial performance of a kitchen including gross profit and stock control
* Comfortable managing the labour cost of your team, reacting to changing demands where necessary
* Passionate about creating an inclusive environment where your team feels respected + that they belong
* An individual who leads to inspire and engage their team to nourish + flourish in their role and career


The Wagamama Way:

Kaizen, meaning ‘good change’, is our core philosophy. It shapes every dish we create and pushes us to find better ways in all we do—our food, our thinking, and our work. It has to be fresh. We are committed to championing change in our communities and the planet.

With three decades of acting differently, we don’t conform; we celebrate difference. We appreciate personality over perfection. We welcome everyone and their unique stories to our benches. We promise to have your back, working together to build trust and support, creating safe spaces for real conversations with open hearts and minds.

All we ask is for you to dish up what makes you different.

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