Tullie is a large, dynamic and forward-facing cultural facility situated in the heart of Carlisle. It attracts around 200,000 visitors per year and is undergoing a major transformation. We are looking for a Head Chef with a real passion for food and service with a can-do attitude who will help us become the ‘heartbeat of Carlisle’.
Tullie is in an exciting, transformative phase of development reopening in February 2025 with a newly refurbished 80+ cover café. This presents a unique opportunity for you to develop the new offer within Carlisle’s leading visitor attraction.
We will reopen with a fresh and modern visitor offer, including the catering operation. We have been carrying out upgrade works to our café and will be, for the first time, running our catering operation in-house. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Tullie team and take a lead in ensuring we have a consistently excellent food offer to help attract new audiences and achieve our organisation visions.
The Head Chef will lead on kitchen management to ensure consistently excellent food quality, safe systems and processes, and commercial success in the delivery of the Catering & Hospitality offer at Tullie.
The postholder will have extensive kitchen experience, craft skills, and experience of working within a busy commercial catering environment.
Working hours: 37 hours per week; 5 days over 7 days. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly within the opening hours of the operation, which includes some weekend working and occasional evening work. The café opening hours will be: Monday - Saturday 9.30am-4.30pm and Sunday 10.30am-4pm.
Purpose of the Role
1. Lead on the food development and production for the refreshed catering offer at Tullie, ensuring exceptional quality in the offer to attract a range of audiences.
2. Lead on kitchen management to ensure consistently excellent food quality, safe systems and processes, and commercial success in the delivery of the Food & Beverage offer.
3. Supervise, train and develop the kitchen team in line with policy and current legislation.
Application Process
If you are inspired by the role and would like to apply for the position, please visit Vacancies | Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery and send your CV and a covering statement (of no more than 500 words), detailing any relevant experience and knowledge, and what interests you about this role.
If you have any further questions, please contact HR or Katie Mitchell, Head of Commercial and Operations.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are submitted, and applicants who can demonstrate they meet the Person Specification criteria will be invited to attend an in-person interview. Once an appointment is made, the vacancy will close.
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