4 * Hotel Head Chef - Clayton Hotel Bristol City
We have an exciting opportunity for a Head Chef within our hotel.
We are looking for a talented individual with experience running the kitchen - at this level. Our unique hotel comprises of 255 guest bedrooms, a sperate restaurant, bar and 7 medium meeting rooms, the hotel presents a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to gain experience in this exciting environment of our hotel.
Objective of the Role
Our Head Chef will be a team play which is vital for this role in order to delivery leading service and award-winning food, this role will be guided and mentored by the Executive Chef within Dalata Hotel Group as part of the role development.
In return, we offer our people development through on the job learning and formal development programmes. Plus, access to career opportunities across our hotels. #DevelopWithDalata
Key Duties and Responsibilities
* Lead the kitchen operations for the hotel.
* Implement and individualise menu strategies.
* Lead and develop our skilled and ambitious culinary staff.
* Manage the purchasing & delivery of food.
* Play an important role in the success of our conference and events offering.
* Manage the kitchen budget to achieve set targets.
Requirements:
* Experience as a Junior Sous or Sous Chef in hotels or similar.
* Unrelenting focus on quality.
* Qualification in culinary arts, or similar is desired, but not essential.
* People leadership and development experience.
* A personal desire to be developed and to learn in your role.
* Strong communicator; and comfortable in contributing to the overall hotel strategy.
* Ability to build relationships and influence with all levels of the business.
The company provides amazing staff benefits: -
* Free employee meals on duty
* 50% discount on Food & Beverage when using our Company Hotels Facilities
* Venue closure over the Christmas period
* Competitive employee, friends & family rates for overnight stays in our Dalata Hotels
* Excellent career progression and training & development opportunities,
* Annually enhanced holidays over 5 year period, rising to 33 days a year including Bank Holidays
* Access to Telus Health, our Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 health and wellbeing support
* Complimentary use of the hotel gym
* Regular employee appreciation events, including team parties through the year and monthly employee rewards programmes.
* Local discounts for multiple venues across Bristol
About our culture:
Dalata Hotel Group – Ireland's largest hotel group has a number of exciting positions on the horizon. As Dalata continues to grow and expand in Ireland and the UK it's more important than ever to have the right team alongside us, in the near future we will be opening the doors of new hotels creating many jobs and investing millions in the Irish and UK economy.
We lead through our Dalata values of “Our People, Our Fairness, Our Service and Our Individuality”. If you have the right attitude and energy you will have great opportunities to progress within the group. Our company is a place where you can do great things – individually and as a team. You will have the opportunity to develop your talent, be recognised and rewarded for your commitment and pursue a fulfilling career. We also have a number of unique and recognised training programmes to aid your professional and personal development and pride ourselves on creating an objective, supportive and fair working environment for our employees.
Dalata Hotel Group Plc is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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