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Job Description
Job Role - Head Chef
Rate of pay - £34,096.11
Hours - 45 hours per week
Location - Ashford
About the role
* Earn £34,096.11 (live off rate) per annum (our pay system is bench marked, transparent and fair)
* Full Time Permanent Contract
Use your catering skills to fuel adventure
A Head Chef position like no other…
What could be more important than fuelling the next generation for adventure? Our catering team are proud to serve tasty & nutritious meals, combining reassuring favourites and new cuisines to keep the adventure going. Our centralised team provides all the recipes, enabling you and your team to focus on executing our proven menus; delivering delicious as well as safe food by ensuring all health and safety, allergen safety & food safety standards are followed.
You will work limited late nights, with a Friday or Saturday evening off most weeks (especially outside of our peak season) and no working over Christmas - this could be the perfect role to progress your career in catering without sacrificing that all important social and family time!
As Head Chef, you'll be reporting to the Catering Manager, and responsible for managing a team of Chefs & Catering Assistants; organising rotas, setting clear objectives and identifying any training needs. You will also ensure your team is following procedures to maintain exemplary levels of food hygiene, and confidently managing complex dietary requirements. Alongside managing financial aspects of the catering operation, production planning, waste and stock management.
Is this you?
* Experience as a Sous Chef/Head Chef in a mid-to-large scale dining environment
* Has experience and understanding of food mass production
* A confident leader of people with strong organisational and decision-making skills
* Excellent knowledge of food hygiene & handling complex dietary requirements including allergies and intolerance's
* You will hold your City & Guilds 7061/2 (or equivalent) and Level 3 or above in Food Safety and Allergen Management
Above all, it's our core values of FUN, SAFETY, QUALITY, INCLUSIVELY, TEAMWORK and RESPECT that unite us.
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