The Role: Head Chef
The Hours: 45 hours per week
Location: Lingfield
Salary: £43,000 - £48,000
My client is looking for a dynamic and innovative candidate to join our growing company based in Lingfield. A fantastic opportunity a chef who has worked in a restaurant and looking for a new challenge.
Job role
- To liaise closely with Hotel General Manager on revenue budgets and cost targets. Ensure targets are met and provide explanations for any deviancies.
- To ensure tidy and hygienic storage of all food materials during any stage of the production process throughout the kitchen and secure stocks outside production hours
- To control portion size and waste factors at all times, directly influencing GOP
- To closely work on day to day basis to ensure hygienic and tidy kitchen areas at all times
- To assist in the catering for internal customers by producing creative menu designs and ensuring production control
- To create menus in line with customer and market trends, ensuring a high quality, value for money offering is available at all times
- To ensure a safe working environment at all times
- To be fully aware of competitors and industry trends
- To continually update production and presentation methods to realise optional costs and maximum guest satisfaction
- To actively sell the products and services of the resort
- To rota kitchen staff economically to volume forecasts, realising costs maximisation and maximum customer satisfaction
- To allocate daily workload appropriately to staff, maintaining effectiveness and operational control
- To instigate, execute, delegate and record all staff training on and off the job. Encourage competition participation locally and nationally
Candidate requirements
- Attention to detail
- Self motivated
- Excellent communicator
- Customer service focused (internal and external)
- Minimum of 2 year experience as Sous Chef in a Hotel environment
- L3 Food Safety in Catering
Benefits
- Discretionary group annual bonus schemes to reward your hard work
- Employee referral scheme because your opinion matters
- Internal development programmes to help you progress
- Support with study through our study assistance schemesJob Types
- Because the client values work-life balance we offer an annual leave entitlement starting at 22 days plus bank and public holidays- increasing on your work anniversaries up to 28 days!
Full-time, Permanent