Head Chef

1 month ago

Haywards Heath, United Kingdom Lounges Full time
You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.

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You'll be doing it your way. You'll be part of a dedicated, supportive team, working from our flexible all-day menu to give people food that'll make their day. It'll be your responsibility to make each dish to spec, in a clean and safe kitchen, and to make sure all prep and par is completed for each shift. You'll be helping every customer leave happy. Which they tend to do. Thanks to your great food.

The Good Stuff

Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours

Staff food on every shift

50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one

Paid breaks

28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service

The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest

Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)

Company pension scheme

Long service awards

Power over your pay with Wagestream

Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity

Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business

Achievable bonuses

Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked

Christmas and Boxing Day off

What you'll bring

You are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.

You will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)

Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.

Familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.

You will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs; labour/house; food preparation.

You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.

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