Head Chef
About us:
We are looking for experienced and dynamic Head Chefs or Senior Sous Chef's to come and join some of our beautiful pubs. You'll be confident at managing a kitchen, dealing with fresh, sustainable, seasonal food and putting your stamp on the business - creating a menu that is bespoke to your pub for your customers. You'll have the opportunity to develop and grow your skills through an induction that is is tailored to you and your needs and will give you all the tools you need to run your own kitchen and showcase your talent.
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