Head Chef - Busy, Fresh Food Pub - Devon

Head Chef

Busy Fresh Food Pub - Devon

JWR is excited to be working with a small collection of pubs and Inns looking to recruit an experienced Head Chef for one of their popular pubs with a great reputation for its fresh food located in a great Devon location.

As Head Chef, you will need to be hands on and want to continue to develop your skills within the kitchen whilst recruiting your own team, helping to lead, coach & inspire them to deliver great food and create memorable experiences.

As Head Chef in this super pub, you will work alongside an experienced General Manager with a passion for the business focusing on traditional, high quality British pub food with strong carvery offer.

The menu offers great pub food all cooked fresh. This role would suit someone from a high-volume gastro/Premium branded pub/restaurant background.

The Pub is set in a great location and has an excellent reputation within the area. Strong turnover with seasonal volume, so high-volume experience essential. The position has the option to live-in, but ideally you will have good local knowledge of the area or be looking to relocate.

Required Skills:

• Currently a Head Chef within a similar busy premium pub environment
• Minimise wastage and encourage creative thinking.
• Adhere to food safety legislation.
• Ensure good kitchen planning to enable a trouble-free service and customer satisfaction.
• Help to promote and maintain a good working environment, leading by example and develop the team around you.
• Have the ability to work under pressure with a proven track record in delivering high quality dishes in a time pressured environment.
• Be a problem solver, ready to come up with on-the-spot solutions.
• Hands on, passionate, Energetic Self-motivated individual
• Manage ordering and controlling of stock.
• Passionate about food, standards & results

Salary:

• Up to £40k + Bonus, Tips & Additional Benefits
• Live-in optional
• Opportunities to continue to progress and develop.
• Discounts across the group

James Webber Recruitment are acting as an employment agency in relation to this permanent vacancy.

James Webber Recruitment prides itself on providing the highest quality of hospitality candidates and due to the high volume of applicants, please note that we will only be in contact with you if your application is successful, however we will retain your details on file and advise you about future opportunities which may be suitable.

Your details will be treated in the strictest confidence as per GDPR guidelines and you can opt out at any time.

ONLY CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THE UK MAY APPLY.

Kindly note due to our client's requirements, sponsorship is not available for this position for those who are not based in the UK or not holding settled status.

James Webber Recruitment is operating as a recruitment agency with respect of this vacancy.

James Webber Recruitment prides itself on providing the highest quality of permanent recruitment solutions to our candidates and our preferred partners. We take every application into consideration, however due to the volume of applications cannot always respond to each applicant. We do apologise in advance if we cannot immediately communicate with you.