Head Chef

You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.,

• You are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.
  
  You will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)


• Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.


• Familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.


• You will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs; labour/house; food preparation.


• You will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.
  
  Staff food on every shift


• 50% off staff discount to enjoy outside working hours from day one


• Paid breaks


• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata


• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service


• The most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!


• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)


• Company pension scheme


• Long service awards


• Power over your pay with Wagestream


• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity


• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business


• Achievable bonuses


• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked


• Christmas and Boxing Day off!