My client in St Ives are seeking an Executive Head Chef to manage their busy kitchen teamAs executive Head Chef everyone in your brigade, from the kitchen porter to the sous chef, looks to you for inspiration – and you’ll have to hold your own with the front of house restaurant staff, too.With a high number of weddings and functions as well as Hotel Restaurant you must have experience with high volume as well as strong management skills. This role includes both office and hands on kitchen work.Key responsibilities:Creating an overall vision and plan for the Hotel & restaurant - producing menus and new dishes to fit the menu and keeping customers returning to try new dishesLiaising with purchasing companies for food ordersMaintaining or raising the profit margins on foodManaging, training and recruiting a brigade of chefsSourcing unique ingredients for the menus, and keeping stock levels fully up-to-dateKeeping the kitchen fully equipped with all the tools and inventoryEnsuring that the quality of food is consistently high and that hygiene standards are exceeded and EHO & H&S laws adhered too at all timesThis is a full time permanent position offering £45,000 per annum, plus tips, holidays, pension and company benefitsFree on site parking available