Head Chef

Job Description

Red Ember Recruitment is seeking to hire, on behalf of our client, a passionate Head Chef to join their team.

• Leading and mentoring a hard-working team of chefs in a busy environment.
• You will report to our Hospitality Manager and be responsible for running all areas of the kitchen on site.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the kitchen whilst maintaining a positive working environment for the team!
• You’ll be responsible for overseeing and providing excellent pizza quality, kitchen speed, and service.
• Training and maintaining a competent chef team—providing regular appraisals and keeping the team engaged.
• Ensuring that you hit successful GP and portioning figures.
• Ensuring vigilant recording of all wastage and costings.
• Maintaining 5
• Food Hygiene standards.
• You’ll be responsible for your team's rota in alignment with budgeted staff costs.
• Stock ordering.
• Ensuring stock is rotated with a FIFO rule and that all produce is in date and stored compliantly.
• Monthly stock takes carried out with variance reports given to the Centre Manager.

Requirements

Requirements

Someone with master-class Pizza-making skills with a real passion for pizza! Pizza Chef : 5 years (required) Kitchen experience : 5 years (required) Someone who is highly skilled in making Neapolitan-style pizza, making and stretching dough and baking in a wood fired pizza oven. A Head Chef who has previous experience leading and developing a team who enjoys collaboration and has excellent communication skills. Someone who has first-class organisation skills and attention to detail. Someone with good knowledge of risk assessments, food safety and hygiene within a commercial kitchen. As our kitchen is on display to the public an ability to communicate clearly face to face with clients & colleagues and build strong relationships is key.