Head Chef - 48k plus tips and tronc
About us
We're looking for experienced Head Chefs who are adept at creating and cooking dishes with fresh seasonal ingredients for some of our pubs in Central London and beyond. You'll be in charge of writing recipes to create your menus and specials, developing your team in the kitchen, and looking after all aspects of kitchen management. We can offer the opportunity to grow your reputation as a chef both with the regulars in your pub, but also within a large company where every pub has its own individual food vision and menu. Alongside your salary and service charge, you'll have access to a whole heap of benefits, as well as development and inspirational opportunities (more details below).
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 ourHead Chefs:
1. Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
2. Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
3. Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
4. Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
5. Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
6. Free meals
7. 20% discount in all Young's Pubs and 30% discount on overnight stays in our Pubs with Rooms
8. Share save Scheme
9. Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
10. 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.
11. Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
12. Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
13. Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
14. Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
15. Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
16. Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
17. Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams