Head Chef - Restaurant Innovator (Hiring Immediately)
Client: wagamama
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Views: 5
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
Designate Head Chef | Full Time
With over 165 restaurants, we are looking for a Designate Head Chef to join us on our continuous journey to nourish us all from bowl to soul. We celebrate difference and appreciate personality over perfection – we call it be you, be wagamama.
The Role:
As a Designate Head Chef, you’ll inspire your team to go the extra mile for our guests, keeping expectations and standards high. You will continuously coach and develop your team to be the best they can be while driving performance and delivering amazing results.
If you:
* Prioritize cultivating a positive and inclusive work culture through emotional intelligence, inspiration, and effective delegation.
* Are dedicated to excellence in guest experience, ensuring every dish is prepared to exceptional standards.
* Have experience ensuring your kitchen’s food, health, and safety standards are spotless, and understand the financial performance of a kitchen.
* Focus on building and nurturing your team, from recruitment to ongoing development.
* Care about creating an inclusive environment where your team feels respected and that they belong.
* Are a forward-thinking problem solver, able to think on your feet and make quick decisions.
We’d Love to Hear from You!
What’s in it for You:
* Bonus scheme – up to £8,000 a year bonus opportunity.
* Access up to 30% of your earnings before payday with Wagestream.
* Private medical insurance.
* Free food on shift – yes, anything from our menu! Plus 50% off outside of work.
* Industry-leading family-friendly policy (any expectant person or anyone adopting a child will receive 26 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay).
* Be the first to experience our brand-new menus.
* Dry-cleaned chef whites provided every shift.
* Wagamama parties throughout the year with VIP guests.
* Be known nationwide as a wok star– our national recognition programme.
In addition to this, we offer all the usual such as a pension scheme, holiday, training, cycle to work scheme, retail and leisure discounts, discounted gym memberships, and long service awards.
Be You, Be Wagamama
Wagamama is proudly part of Disability Confident.
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