Head Chef - Live in
About us:
£40,000, plus tronc and plus bonus
We're looking for a head chef for The Victoria in Surbiton. You'll have experience working with fresh food and running all aspects of a kitchen. Our Head Chefs write their own menus and create their own dishes using seasonal produce, allowing them to put their own stamp on the business. You’ll look after team development and work alongside our General Manager to create a fantastic food vision and drive the business forward.
Where are we?
The Victoria is a stunning Young's pub in the heart of Surbiton, proudly standing on its busy High Street. We've got great bus links from Kingston, Chessington and Norbiton & we're only a couple of stops on the train from Wimbledon, Esher, Weybridge & Walton...you can get to us from anywhere!
What do we do?
We're a locals local with great food. We're proud to serve the best seasonal British dishes with specials that are inspired by our customer's & team's travels, with a special investment in our Sunday roast (scoring 5 stars from The Guardian). We pride ourselves on excellent customer service, a warm welcome and product knowledge like no other pub in Surbiton, from our famous Young's Original beer to our stunning wine selection, we know our stuff & can't wait to show you what's what!
We love to have fun with our food and drink & our Burger Shack is a true testament to this. We are the only pub in Surbiton with a Burger Shack, Young's institution serving up the juiciest patties with chicken wings, Louisiana hot sauces and spud nuggets! The Burger Shack backs onto our famous garden. An oasis in the middle of a bustling High Street, covered & heated in the winter and open to those glorious rays in the summer!
Our Team
Matthew, our GM & our small but cracking team can't wait to welcome you to our pub. We have regular socials, buckets of incentives & muck in wherever we're needed. We really are a family & love nothing more than kicking back with a burger and a pint ourselves.
We are looking for awesome people to join our squad and continue to help us grow as a community, we are proud to announce that we will also be having a refurbishment in August 2025. A great challenge for anyone looking to make that step forward.
Being a Head Chef at Young's:
We believe every pub should be different. This means that you'll be writing your own recipes that match the food vision of your business using fresh seasonal ingredients. The food vision could be all about showcasing local produce, country pub classics, seafood, small plates and sharers, dry-aged meat - each pub is different and its up to you as head chef to put your own creative stamp on that vision. We work with fresh, seasonal produce, so the menu should constantly evolve to showcase these fantastic ingredients when they are at their best. Premium fresh food crafted by skilled chefs in Premium Pubs .
What we offer our
Head Chefs:
* Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create
your own menus and specials
* Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
* Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
* Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
* Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
* Free meals
* 20% discount in all Young's Pubs and 30% discount on overnight stays in our Pubs with Rooms
* Share save Scheme
* Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
* 28 Days Holiday per year
What we look for in a
Head Chef:
This role
requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead
by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus
for the variety of revenue streams within the business.
* Have experience championing excellent service
through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
* Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing
a team
* Be an active hands-on team player with
excellent communication skills
* Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen
staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
* Be able to demonstrate your creativity and
ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
* Demonstrate great planning and organisational
skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and
labour
* Have a pro-active approach to driving sales
and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house
teams