Why Join Apex Hotels?
You'll receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as a Head Chef in Temple Court. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness, and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Kitchen Team. We believe it is our personality, style, and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels.
Role Overview:
Reporting to the Hotel Operations Manager, you will assist in spearheading the culinary experience for our Amicable Societies & Chambers F&B Brand. You will assist in driving our approach in delivering a high-quality, lifestyle Restaurant & Bar Food offering. Your main place of work will be Apex Temple Court Hotel, with Cluster responsibilities as directed by the Hotel Operations Manager or Cluster General Manager.
You will be results-driven and will work closely with our supply chain partners, in-house centralized services, and on-property kitchen and front of house teams to continue developing, researching, and implementing appropriate efficiency and quality changes across all service outlets.
You will assist in ensuring delivery of sustainable and continuous profit growth across all outlets.
As part of the senior management team, this role will involve operational shift coverage across a seven-day week rota.
As Head Chef, you will, together with your Sous Chef, ensure the smooth running of the Kitchen team, building and creating a high-performing team, team culture, and spirit, and a flair for lifestyle Instagrammable, storytelling dishes.
Main Responsibilities:
* Developing a multi-skilled culinary team that delivers payroll flexibility with minimal tiers.
* Collaborate with the Food and Beverage Manager to translate annual strategic business plans into considered departmental scorecard targets and associated activity plans.
* Be highly visible at key service periods focusing attention to detail on culinary delivery.
* Full ownership of the full in-stay and post-stay culinary feedback to address quality gaps.
* Maximize sales and profit while ensuring customer satisfaction at all times.
* Coach, train, and support all Chefs and apprentices to provide consistently high standards while continually looking to improve. You'll have the talent to build, develop, and motivate a team to deliver excellent levels of customer care.
* Assist in developing and coordinating a community/social calendar of events for team members.
* Deliver regular staff communications on business trading, as directed by the Cluster General Manager.
* Daily/weekly payroll and food cost analysis in accordance with forecasted and materialized revenue levels to ensure optimal performance with overspend corrected within the same trading period, and as directed by Management.
About You:
We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in.
You will be friendly and approachable; you will go the extra mile for our guests; you will provide highly consistent good service and you will lead by example. To be successful in the role you will be a:
* Clear and influencing communicator with the ability to interact across all levels.
* Possess a sales and profit-driven mentality.
* Identify and manage best resources to achieve targets.
* Ability to bring strategic ideas to the table and assist in turning them into practical plans.
* Can assist in deploying time in motion exercises ensuring optimum cost engineering.
* Assist in building and developing a guest-centric team culture.
* Food Safety Management and Professional Cookery qualification at level 3 or above.
* Coaching, supporting, and challenging mentality that delivers operational results.
* Create an open environment.
You'll work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course, you'll also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:
* 35 days holiday.
* Training and development from day one.
* Employee events and celebrations.
* In-house company interactive employee communication APP.
* Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools.
* Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working.
* Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme.
* Financial Wellbeing App Wagestream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
* £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.
Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive:
* Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
* Involvement in our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes.
* Long service recognition.
* Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two.
* 50% discount in our restaurants.
* Cycle to Work Scheme.
* Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family.
* Spa treatments and product discounts.
* Critical Illness & Life Assurance cover.
We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big; there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We’re an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.
If you are interested, click Apply. We look forward to hearing from you.
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