Head Chef

2 weeks ago

Scarborough, United Kingdom Alfa Travel Full time

Alfa Leisureplex Group has an opportunity for a Head Chef to join the team at  The Cumberland Hotel, Scarborough.

Working Hours:

As a Head Chef you will work circa 45 hours per week, including weekends & split shifts with a salary of £35,000 Per Annum.  

Being a Head Chef:

As a Head Chef your responsibilities will be to look after all aspects of a Hotel Kitchen. We offer a set menu on a 7-day cycle system for our guests, who are predominately coach customers. The menu is repeated each week with the majority of starters, mains and sweets made in-house using fresh produce.

As the Head Chef, you will oversee the Kitchen team to deliver a consistent standard of food whilst controlling your cost per bed night spend. We expect the highest standards of food safety and health and safety within the kitchen environment. You will be comfortable in the administrative side of running a kitchen including record keeping, stock control and food ordering.

We are an employee-owned company, what does this mean? 

  • Bi-annual tax-free dividend due to our employee-owned status (over £1,000 last full year)
  • Funding for any relevant training courses to aid your development
  • Job Security – our employee-owned status provides better job security, as we can't be sold to another company
  • Support and continuous development opportunities
  • Competitive occupational sick pay scheme
  • Fantastic discounts on our holidays and hotel stays
  • Employee assistance programme - Health Assured 
  • Length of service rewards
  • Free employee meals whilst on duty
  • Build your pension – we have a pension scheme in place that the Company contributes towards
  • Reward and engagement programs 

Essential Skills:

  • Experience in a similar role
  • Strong communication skills
  • Understanding of all aspects related to food safety regulations and kitchen record keeping
  • Ability to work under the pressure of a busy kitchen whilst maintaining attention to detail
  • A passion for delivering high quality consistent food
  • Understanding of cost control and utilising all produce

Desirable Skills:

  • Knowledge of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry
  • Attention to detail and passion for the industry
  • Experience working as a Senior or Head Chef in a similar setting would be an advantage

The Alfa Leisureplex Group is one of the UK’s most highly respected coach holiday and hotel companies with a consolidated turnover of over £60 million per year. We are the UK’s only employee-owned Travel Company and our brands include Leisureplex Hotels, Alfa Travel, which includes Alfa Scotland.

Leisureplex Hotels own and operate 24 hotels in the UK’s most popular seaside locations. We have a combined bed stock of 2,050 rooms and achieve strong all year-round occupancies due to our sister brand Alfa Travel, Alfa Scotland plus our links to other coach operators and group organisers. We also cater for Self Drive guests and direct hotel bookings.

As an employee-owned business with over 900 employee partners, we see our people as our most valuable asset in growing our business and continuing to provide a high-quality service to our customers.

If you feel you are friendly, positive and passionate and have the necessary skills and experience to be successful as a Head Chef

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