We are looking for a Head Chef to join our client, a contract caterer, at a high end B&I site near Ascot, Berkshire.
As the Head Chef, you will be responsible for supporting & being responsible for the catering team including all sections of retail, deli, main kitchen, Vending, Hospitality, and café.
Hours:
This Head Chef role offers a fantastic work life balance as the hours are Monday to Friday 7.30am-4pm.
This position offers a good salary package plus excellent benefits including:
- Contributory Pension Scheme
- Access to an online platform offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to a free health and wellbeing app
- Discounts Scheme
- A death in Service benefit
- Opportunities to do apprenticeships and a variety of learning and development tools.
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Flexible and dynamic work environment
+ much more!
Duties will include:
- Plan, prepare, cook, and present food to a very high standard.
- Create and develop the menu offers
- Control portion size and monitor waste.
- Ensure full compliance with company policy around Allergen control & Kcal legislation
- Stocktaking, ordering and maintaining records.
- Ensure Health and Safety, food Health & Hygiene and legal Food Safety Standards are maintained.
- Ensure critical budget targets and monthly food GP% are achieved.
- Help set team objectives / PDR with site Operations Manager and be responsible for the day to day running & management of the kitchen.
- Assess employee performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
The ideal Head Chef should have/be:
- Display a passion for food, knowing current food trends.
- Good secondary education
- NVQ qualification / Diploma / Degree or equivalent in hospitality
- Successful progressive background in B&I contract or high street commercial restaurant catering
- Intermediate Current Food Hygiene Certificate
- Strong Supervisory experience
- Strong financial acumen with ability to cost menus, events & functions.
- Computer literate with Word & Excel software.
If you are looking for a fantastic new Head Chef role offering a great work life balance and working environment, please apply now.
Scattergood's are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk