As an Executive Head Chef, your day-to-day will be driven by our guests' needs. You can expect to cover the following duties and responsibilities (not all encompassing):
1. Work closely with our Restaurant and Bars manager to ensure a coordinated F&B approach.
2. Create and develop menus, with local knowledge and inspiration, while keeping up to date with food trends locally, in the UK, and worldwide.
3. Support operational aspects such as team development, management, finances, and stock control.
4. Demonstrate expertise in all sections of a fast-paced, high-end kitchen.
5. Maintain strong health and safety standards, ensuring the cleanliness of our kitchen environment.
6. Support our chefs in their careers, encouraging training and promotion from within.
7. Have experience working within a hotel restaurant as either an Executive Chef or Head Chef (preferably for 1-2 years).
8. Possess strong people management skills, particularly in training, developing, recruiting, onboarding, and training new starters.
9. Be driven by high standards of service, paying close attention to detail to ensure dishes meet brand standards.
10. Be a confident leader, leading by example, especially during the opening of a new team.
11. Experience in restaurant openings is highly desirable.
12. Maintain a positive attitude and seek new challenges to advance your career.
Hotel Indigo Gloucester is set to open in 2026, offering a free-spirited experience enriched with local culture. Located on the site of the White Priory, artefacts from the site are showcased in the Gloucester Museum, linking the hotel to the city's history. As Gloucester thrives culturally and industrially, Hotel Indigo aims to become a vibrant part of the city's evolving narrative.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
* Financial security: up to £50,000 per year plus a 15% performance bonus, guaranteed hours, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, travel support, and enhanced sick pay. Wagestream app for financial wellbeing.
* Growth and development: extensive training, career progression opportunities worldwide, and 2 paid volunteer days per year.
* Colleague perks: discounted hotel rooms and F&B, friends and family rates, and discounts through our portal on shopping, experiences, and retailers.
* Wellbeing: maternity/paternity pay, 24/7 employee assistance, and access to mental health first-aiders.
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