Head Chef

As the Head Chef, your menus will set the tone and the quality and pricing will make or break the food operation. As the Head Chef, your passion for presentation and dedication to delivering flavour will complete each guest's experience. You will be taking pride in your workspace and keeping your standards and that of your team high.

• Overall responsibility for daily operations in the kitchen


• Own your kitchen - keep on top of supplies and equipment, and minimise waste


• Liaise with the hotel management team about any unsafe equipment or safety incidents


• Help create a safe space by following our safety procedures and wearing the necessary protective equipment


• Ensure self and team send out high-quality food on time every time


• Be cleaner than clean - meet or exceed UK food hygiene regulations to ensure we achieve 5-star Scores on the Doors.


• Help with washing up and other kitchen duties when needed


• Produce Menus and new dishes


• Managing, training and recruiting of brigade of chefs


• Ensure controls are in place for food and labour management
  
  Previous kitchen management experience.


• Good IT skills to calculate food costs, enter and cost labour schedules


• Flexible - night, weekend and holiday shifts are all part of the job


• Heath and Safety and Food Hygiene qualifications at Level 3 or above


• Compliant - as well as meeting local laws on food handling.


• Must speak fluent English.


• Ability to communicate with your team and the hotel teams.


• Professional cookery qualification
  
  We offer market-appropriate salary plus access to our extensive benefits package, which includes:


• Service-based annual leave (increasing up to a maximum of 5 extra days)


• Employee & Friends/Family discounted rates at Heeton-operated hotels and Hilton GO


• Life Assurance, Income Protection and Employee Assistance schemes


• Referral scheme


• Numerous voluntary benefits, including buy holiday scheme, Cycle to Work, Medicash Health Plan and many more


• Heeton is an expanding company which offers excellent career, training and development opportunities


• Exclusive access to the employee recognition & reward scheme - Heeton Rewards


• Fantastic career potential with one of the UK's fast-growing hotel operators


• Retention bonus on completion of 6 and 12month service