Head Chef Position

4 days ago

Witney, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Lounges Full time
The Perfect Opportunity for a Head Chef

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Head Chef to join our team at Lounges. As a Head Chef, you will be responsible for leading our kitchen team and ensuring that our high standards of food quality and presentation are consistently met.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead and manage a team of chefs to deliver exceptional food quality and presentation
  • Develop and implement menus that meet the needs of our customers and align with our brand values
  • Manage kitchen operations, including inventory, ordering, and stock control
  • Ensure that all health and safety standards are met and maintained
  • Collaborate with other departments to ensure seamless service delivery
What We Offer:
  • Annual salary up to £42,000
  • Additional earnings from our annual bonus scheme of up to £4,000 for Head Chefs (paid twice a year)
  • 40 and 48 hour contracts available
  • We work hard to ensure you don't work over your contracted hours, but if at times this does happen you will receive 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
Requirements:
  • 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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