Head Chef

We handle everything in-house, including technology, content creation, e-commerce, marketing, manufacturing, new product development, and logistics. This comprehensive approach ensures we can fully realise our vision and maintain our leadership in a rapidly evolving global industry. We are looking for a Head Chef to join Hale Country Club & Spa Main Duties of the Role

• Lead and inspire the team to deliver a 5 service through consistency of food
• Oversee day to day activity of the kitchen with accountability of health & safety and compliance regulations and food hygiene practices
• Work with wider THG Experience teams on new concept development ensuring the overall strategy is always considered
• To be responsible for the day to day running of the kitchen as directed by the General Manager
• To be responsible for the purchasing of all kitchen items and food control in line with agreed budgets
• Produce in conjunction with other chefs, menu plans, descriptions, costing, photographing and breakdown of all dishes available
• Work collaboratively with F&B Manager and Spa Manager to ensure a seamless food service in both areas
• Menu development and event food offering execution
• Cost control
• To prepare duty rota's for your staff to ensure adequate cover at all times taking into account the seasonality of the business and to keep overtime to a minimum
• Conduct regular demonstrations of existing or new dishes and make sure a record is kept of such demonstrations to ensure good product knowledge of customer facing staff
• Regularly carry out a stock take of food items to ensure an adequate supply at all times and to inspect the quality of this to ensure statutory compliance
• To support staff within the department in order to develop the team to achieve a high standard of performance through training, coaching and mentoring, which may involve attendance of specific training courses to further development where possible and practicable to do so
  
  Experience as Head Chef/Senior Sous Chef in a high quality culinary environment
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills
• Proven ability of kitchen management
• Great attitude towards work & colleagues
• Ability to track expenses and manage a budget
• Excellent use of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and processes.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently under pressure.
• Knowledge of best cooking practices and understanding of trends and new styles.
• Attention to detail and high standards of presentation, creative flair and imagination
• Experience working in a diverse environment
• Good communication skills
• Team-working skills
• Self-motivated
  
  We're a fast-moving, global technology group that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers. We're home to a portfolio of leading brands and sites including Myprotein, ESPA, LOOKFANTASTIC, and Cult Beauty, all of which are powered by our fully integrated digital commerce ecosystem, THG Ingenuity.
  
  Shift pattern includes 40 hours per week over 5 days covering weekends and evenings.
THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability. THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.