Join Our Team as a Head Chef
This is an exciting opportunity to join our new opening and become part of one of the most successful restaurant groups in the UK.
We love real cooking—using high-quality ingredients and focusing on customer satisfaction. As a Head Chef, you'll lead a dedicated team, ensuring each dish meets our standards in a clean, safe kitchen, following your Head Chef's guidance. You'll be responsible for food prep, maintaining high standards, and helping customers leave happy with great food.
The Good Stuff
* Overtime pay for hours worked over contracted hours
* Staff food on every shift
* 50% staff discount outside working hours from day one
* Paid breaks
* 28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), pro-rata
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years of service
* Annual staff party - Loungefest
* Competitions and incentives, including all-expenses-paid trips
* Company pension scheme
* Long service awards
* Power over your pay with Wagestream
* Support via the Licensed Trade Charity
* Opportunities for personal development and career progression
* Bonuses based on performance
* Tips shared equally across the team
* Christmas and Boxing Day off
What You'll Bring
* Experience as a Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef seeking your first Head Chef role
* Experience working with fresh ingredients, demonstrating good kitchen skills (food prep, cleaning, knife skills, hygiene)
* A proactive work ethic, leading from the front and maintaining high standards
* Ability to manage KPIs related to labour, stock, and food safety
* Experience reporting on metrics like GPs, labour, and food prep
* Proven success in training and recruiting kitchen staff, including apprentices and junior chefs
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