Executive Chef

5 days ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Leonardo Hotel Newcastle Full time

Be Yourself – Be an Inspiration to Your Team – Be Leonardo



As a Head Chef at Leonardo Hotel Newcastle, you'll be responsible for leading your team to deliver an exceptional dining experience for our guests. You'll be in charge of menu design, cost management, and kitchen operations.




  • Head of Department bonus scheme: based on your financial and personal performances
  • Enhanced pension plan
  • Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe
  • Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
  • Meals on duty
  • Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
  • We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
  • The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
  • Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression


If you're our ideal Head Chef, you will:




  • Be yourself
  • Keep the department calm, composed and organised
  • Be a role model for the department to support progression within your team
  • Be proactive and contribute in the strategic running of the hotel
  • Show us the money and drive revenue whilst controlling costs, maximising profit for the Kitchen
  • And above all, be a trendsetter – lead the way


Why come join us?



We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you're part of the team, you're part of the Leonardo community and it's our role to keep you at the top of your game as a Head of Department (HOD). Our HODs hold key team leadership roles, so we support your management skills with our "People Programme" and "Passion 4 People Leonardo Culture" workshops.



To develop vital business and people skills we offer an 8-month "Fast Forward Programme", or if the time is right our longer-term "Accelerate Programme" will prepare you for your first DGM or Operations Manager role "Accelerate" develops your abilities and expertise at Leonardo Hotels, along with an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) certificate and membership of the Institute of Hospitality (IoH). With our support on tap, top-notch practical training and clear progression you'll be on track for a brilliant future in Hospitality.



Our Story



Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years'; there's never been a more exciting time to come join us


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