Head Chef

Based at Royal Windsor Racecourse this role has responsibility for the management of our culinary offering across all racedays and events at one of the country's most prestigious sports venues.

Working in conjunction with the Regional Head Chef you will also be at the forefront of the food development and delivery of our non raceday events business.

Key duties include:

To work closely with the Regional Head Chef regarding revenue budgets and cost targets
Develop and deliver an innovative food strategy across the venue's retail, hospitality and fine dining proposition.
To implement and adhere to the Company Food Safety Management System across all areas within remit.
Develop and implement strategies for procuring, storing, and distributing goods or services and maintaining stock levels
Manage the Kitchen staff rota across all sites in remit & deliver promptly to the staffing managers. Ensuring set cost targets are met.
Develop and retain a strong kitchen team, Allocate daily workload appropriately to staff, maintaining effectiveness and operational control. Including record absence/sickness of all direct reports
Take personal accountability for food safety compliance. Including, ensuring allergen information is displayed correctly and teams are trained and briefed accordingly.
The person we are looking for has…..

Strong understanding in HACCP, nutrition & allergens
Good understanding of purchasing systems, technical packages & IT
Strong leadership skills.
Excellent communicator
Passionate about the kitchen environment and about our product
Works well under pressure and is organized, systematic and process driven
If you are an experienced Head Chef with a passion for both large scale event delivery and culinary innovation we would love to hear from you.