Head Chef in training

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom Young's Full time

Head Chef 

About us:

We're always on the lookout for Chef's who want to take the next step in their careers.    Our Head Chef Designate Programme is designed to help you improve your skillset before being placed in your first pub.    Perhaps you come from a fresh food branded background as a Head Chef and need to work on menu creation?    Perhaps you are a sous chef used to working with fresh food and creating dishes but need to work on  driving gp's and kitchen management?  Our Head Chef Designate programme allows you to sharpen your skills whilst we find your fit within one of our businesses.


What we offer our
Head Chefs:



  • Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create
    your own menus and specials
  • Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
  • Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
  • Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
  • Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
  • Free meals
  • 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
  • Share save Scheme
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • 28 Days Holiday per year




What we look for in a
Head Chef:



This role
requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead
by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus
for the variety of revenue streams within the business.



  • Have experience championing excellent service
    through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
  • Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing
    a team
  • Be an active hands-on team player with
    excellent communication skills
  • Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen
    staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
  • Be able to demonstrate your creativity and
    ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
  • Demonstrate great planning and organisational
    skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and
    labour
  • Have a pro-active approach to driving sales
    and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house
    teams







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