Head Chef
About us:
The Kings head based in Winchmore Hill (North London) is one of the flag ship food sites of with a stunning dining room with open kitchen garden and second floor dining area (or function space).
We have a well established kitchen team of 10 who are driven to make the Kings Head the best gastro pub within the area.
We are now looking for a leader to take the Kings head to the next level.
As we are a high volume site we are only looking for Head chefs with experience in menu development costings controlling GP% and developing sales.
What we offer ourHead Chefs:
- Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to createyour 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 Youngs pubs and hotels
- Share save Scheme
- Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
- 28 Days Holiday per year
What we look for in aHead Chef:
This rolerequires someone that can inspire a team to bring out the potential and leadby example whilst being able to develop cost and produce fresh seasonal menusfor the variety of revenue streams within the business.
- Have experience championing excellent servicethrough quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
- Demonstrate a passion for leading and developinga team
- Be an active hands-on team player withexcellent communication skills
- Be responsible and able to manage the kitchenstaff rota training and all health and safety effectively at all times
- Be able to demonstrate your creativity andability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
- Demonstrate great planning and organisationalskills necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP andlabour
- Have a pro-active approach to driving salesand delivering growth through engagement with both kitchen and front of houseteams