Head Chef
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Job Location:
Burnham-on-Sea - UK
Yearly Salary:
£ 38000 - 40000
Posted on:
12-09-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Head Chef
About us:
The Dunstan House Inn is a fantastic pub with rooms situated in the heart of the local community. Were all about the good things nostalgic British food real ale wines from around the world and an enviable range of gins. Our team are ambitious positive and all about putting our guests first. Upstairs there are six stunning en-suite guest bedrooms and were just a stones throw from the gorgeous seaside and town centre.
In the Summer were bustling weve got the best beer garden around and all day sunshine with an outdoor bar and our coveted burger shack serving up proper burgers all season the Winter we transform into a cosy winter retreat with roaring log fires candles simmering and hearty pub classics served from our talented kitchen team all week long.
We love to see our team grow their skills and develop their career whilst they are with us and actively encourage our team to partake in as much training as possible.
Being a Head Chef at Youngs:
We believe every pub should be different. This means that youll be writing your own recipes that match the food vision of your business using fresh seasonal ingredients. The food vision could be all about showcasing local produce country pub classics seafood small plates and sharers dry-aged meat - each pub is different and its up to you as head chef to put your own creative stamp on that vision. We work with fresh seasonal produce so the menu should constantly evolve to showcase these fantastic ingredients when they are at their best. Premium fresh food crafted by skilled chefs in Premium Pubs .
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 30% discount on overnight stays in our Pubs with Rooms
- 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
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- Food Handling
- Restaurant Experience
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Food Preparation Experience
- Kitchen Experience
- Food Industry
- Cooking
- Cost Control
- Baking
- Sanitation
- Leadership Experience
