Head Chef

3 days ago


Chippenham, United Kingdom Wessex Pub Co Full time

The Wessex Pub Co are looking for a Head Chef to join our energetic team in Chippenham. With our expansion, we are looking to recruit a number of key roles to work across both pubs. If required, we can provide accommodation at The Wellesley Arms in SuttonBenger (you will need your own transport to travel to the Langley Tap approx. 3 miles away).

We consider that a good work-life balance is important for a happy team and therefore operate a schedule of 45 hours per week across 4.5 days, and endeavour to provide a day off at the weekends on a rotational basis.

**About Us**

We are an independent business focused on providing a great experience to guests and team alike. Following the success of the Langley Tap in Langley Burrell near Chippenham Wiltshire, we are delighted to be growing with The Wellesley Arms, Sutton Benger,Chippenham joining the company.

In our pubs we want our guests to have a great experience, this includes an environment they want to spend time in with our countryside-inspired earthy tones interior design, to genuinely warm and friendly service, to offering fabulously tasty food and deliciousdrinks.

Our food offer is centred on sourcing local and higher welfare produce where commercially viable, which through our creative and inspirational chef team is the foundation of great looking and tasting dishes, along with interesting vegetarian, vegan, andgluten-free options.

**Required Experience**:

- Have experience of creating tasty and a varied choices of dishes, catering for all dietary needs

**Required Skills**:

- You should be un-phased by the occasional request to create a bespoke dish for guests
- Enjoy working in a Values led business, where everyone in the team is treated with respect
- Have knowledge/qualifications in food safety, and allergens
- Be organised and have some knowledge of the key elements in a busy pub kitchen including stock ordering/rotation/taking, food safety, H&S, and maintaining accurate records

**Benefits**:

- Head Chef (reporting into the Exec Head Chef, so a great opportunity for a high-performing Sous Chef in a similar business to step up) up to £31k per annum including £3k achievable bonus, dependent on experience and accommodation requirements
- Other chef roles up to £26k including a bonus of £1.5k, dependant on experience and accommodation requirements
- 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
- Working 4.5 days per week
- Pension
- Share of good tips for each shift (owners do not take tips)
- Discounted/free meals/soft drinks
- Option to live in

Sounds interesting? Click **APPLY** to send your CV for immediate consideration.


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