We’re looking for a Head Chef to lead the kitchen team in our busy InnYou will be responsible for a diverse team, cooking from fresh and serving the highest standard of food.

Our kitchen could be expected to deliver around one thousand meals per week including breakfast, lunch, dinner, events and room service.

• Your day to day;
• You will be responsible for ensuring that ingredients are stored, prepared, cooked and presented to the highest standard and meets our guests’ requirements, complying with food safety guidelines
• Ensuring a clean and hygienic kitchen environment is maintained at all times.

Following food safety management procedures and keeping the necessary records that meet internal and external standards

You must understand the need to consider team characteristics and their collective productivity, looking to improve and deliver standards in the most efficient way possible.You will be comfortable collaborating with other senior chefs in the group, sharing best practices in recruitment, retention and developing talented individuals. From your experience you will be able to identify ways that business strategy, customer profile, culture and constraints influence the development of creative, profitable and competitive menus.

You will be able to foresee market and business scenarios that present risks and opportunities to the business.Someone who can set measurable, challenging goals for all team members, finding ways to improve staff’ knowledge and their approach, coaching and mentoring the kitchen team.

Experience of delivering technical training and development content would be beneficial.You will have a grasp of the principles of supply chain management, waste management, sustainable procurement and working practices in the kitchen.

Understanding the principles of profit and loss and recognising how you can support the overall financial performance of the business through an efficient operation, building on past experience to achieve monthly and annual budgets.