Job description
Head Chef
About us:
A beautiful set pub on the river bank next to a Lock. Serving locally sourced seasonal food. We have a strong regular custom and like to keep our customers interested by offering exciting and fresh menu options.
We have an experienced team who love working in our brand new refurbished kitchen. We welcome a new head chef to bring in innovative ideas and ways of working. We are seasonal so become extremely busy in the summer periods.
The ideal chef will have a strong personality that can lead a team, and deliver exceptional dishes. A solid understand of the P&L's, labour control and above all health and safety standards
What we offer ourHead Chefs:
1. Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to createyour own menus and specials
2. Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
3. Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
4. Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
5. Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
6. Free meals
7. 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
8. Share save Scheme
9. Company Pension Scheme
10. 28 Days Holiday per year
What we look for in aHead Chef:
This rolerequires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and leadby example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menusfor the variety of revenue streams within the business.
11. Have experience championing excellent servicethrough quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
12. Demonstrate a passion for leading and developinga team
13. Be an active hands-on team player withexcellent communication skills
14. Be responsible and able to manage the kitchenstaff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
15. Be able to demonstrate your creativity andability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
16. Demonstrate great planning and organisationalskills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP andlabour
17. Have a pro-active approach to driving salesand delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of houseteams