Head Chef

2 weeks ago

Gatwick Airport West Sussex, United Kingdom Gate Gourmet Full time

Reporting to the Unit General Manager, and indirectly to the Regional Executive Chef, you will be responsible for effectively managing the kitchen and food assembly team achieving the highest standard of food production in a safe and timely manner. You will also be responsible for controlling and managing the food cost in line with the budget while maintaining food safety control within the production environment. As and when required you will participate in menu development and planning activities.

Expected to demonstrate a strong aptitude for leadership, training and the implementation of GG standardization production techniques through effective planning, direction and control.
Serves as a leader in developing strategic production plans for effective and efficient product & quality delivery in support of customer satisfaction.
Improves menu quality and consistency by analyzing food production records and menu expenses; promotes kitchen staff interest in quality improvement; Ensures overall culinary compliance and standardization within regional flight kitchens.
Selects and maintains food ingredients and general supplies; evaluates the quality of fresh food and food product deliveries; establishes inventory levels, re-order points, storage requirements, and cost-controls.
Trains employees on general culinary terminology, cooking techniques and procedures, grades and cuts of meat, poultry and seafood, grades of fruit and produce and their proper measurement.
Meets culinary financial objectives by estimating requirements, anticipating, and evaluating responses to menu & cycle changes, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, initiating corrective actions, evaluating time-saving production techniques, training others in specialty techniques.
Monitors overall talent to ensure all cooks, food production employees and sous chef employees have the necessary skills and abilities to perform all cooking and food preparation requirements of all the Airline Accounts serviced in the Unit.
Plans, co-ordinates, directs and monitors the effectiveness of all food production activities within the unit.
As part of the Unit Management team liaises closely with the other process owners and staff functions in the unit
Overall accountable for culinary staff management including recruitment, training and development and performance management.
Responsible for the culinary budget, maintaining labour requirements, food costs, overtime and productivity requirements including menu and food preparation reporting.
Ensures quality production standards and processes are followed and maintained.
Ensures adherence to HACCP and regional safety regulations in compliance with gategroup policies and procedures.
Works closely with Menu Development and Commercial to ensure that menu specifications and implementation of production techniques are adhered to as agreed with the customer.
Recruits and onboards new chefs and culinary members into our unit kitchen operations.
Leads shift briefings, communicates with internal and external stakeholders, manages staff.
Leads on menu changes, new recipes understanding, training and integration.
Supports gateOPEX processes and technology deployment and use within the kitchen areas.
Supports and manages compliance throughout all the kitchen areas and processes.
Associate Degree or Bachelor Degree in the Culinary Arts or a related field, (formal culinary education) required or significant experience in an Executive Chef role
Work Experience:
Previous supervisory experience working in a high volume, manufacturing, food production and restaurant or catering environment required.
In-flight catering experience or experience in a high-volume food service environment required.

Effective verbal and written communication skills in English,
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Proactive and positive/flexible attitude

Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines and is the core business behind gategroup, whose eleven associated brands offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any on-board need. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.

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