Head Chef

The company is seeking experienced Head Chefs for its pubs in Central London, offering a salary of £45,000 plus tronc/tips, with an OTE of £50,000. The role involves creating menus with fresh seasonal ingredients, managing kitchen operations, and developing the kitchen team. Benefits include autonomy in menu creation, access to development programmes, culinary masterclasses, and a share save scheme. Ideal candidates should inspire and lead their team, possess excellent communication skills, and have experience in high-quality food service. They must also demonstrate creativity, strong organisational skills, and a proactive approach to driving sales.

Head Chef : 45k Tronc/Tips (50K OTE) About us: We’re looking for experienced Head Chefs who are adept at creating and cooking dishes with fresh seasonal ingredients for some of our pubs in Central London.

You’ll be in charge of writing recipes to create your menus and specials, developing your team in the kitchen, and looking after all aspects of kitchen management.

We can offer the opportunity to grow your reputation as a chef both with the regulars in your pub, but also within a large company where every pub has its own individual food vision and menu.

Alongside your salary and service charge, you’ll have access to a whole heap of benefits, as well as development and inspirational opportunities (more details below).

What we offer our Head Chefs: Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop Free meals 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels Share save Scheme Enhanced Company Pension Scheme 28 Days Holiday per year What we look for in a Head Chef: This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams