Head Chef Job Description
About olimera:
olimera means all-day and captures the essence of what life is all about: sharing quality time together all day, all year. We believe that good food makes people happy and brings them closer, cocktails too!
Our ethos is to create an exciting and friendly neighbourhood destination for our customers to appreciate our fantastic menu inspired by modern Mediterranean flavours. All served in a stunning environment with a smile from the heart by our lovely team with an ambitious of creating a true all-day dining experience.
We’re on the lookout for a fantastic Head Chef committed to helping us deliver this!
Hours: Between Monday to Sunday 8am – 11pm.
Location: 1 Eastbury Road, Northwood, HA6 3BG
What we offer:
We are really proud of the work our teams deliver and want you to feel valued and rewarded;
A competitive starting salary package of up to £42k* + tronc.
Great opportunities to progress and develop.
Free staff food and drink whilst on shift and a 50% discount when off-shift.
Company pension scheme and matched contributions.
· Full training provided
Duties and Responsibilities:
To lead your team with all aspects of the launch and day to day running of the kitchen, including:
-Motivating and developing your team to ensure they are fully trained and have all the knowledge they need to deliver amazing guest experiences.
-Ensuring that kitchen staff adhere to quality, hygiene and cleanliness standards
-Working with the General Manager and food development team to continue to develop an exceptional offering and drive performance.
- Dealing with suppliers and ensuring that they supply quality goods. Managing the inventory and ordering stock as needed
- Overseeing the maintenance of kitchen equipment and organising repairs when needed
About You:
A charismatic, energetic individual with excellent communication skills.
A real passion for developing others.
Experience in running a high-volume kitchen
Great leadership qualities and the ability to make plan and make decisions.
An interest in creating, developing and delivering new ideas and initiatives to further drive business performance and growth.
*Base salary advertised does not include additional membership of an independently managed tronc arrangement through which service charge will be allocated outside of and in addition to your basic pay from your employment.
- Experience
- Required
- Languages
- English – Advanced
- Employment
- Full-time
- Schedule
- Monday - Sunday
- Salary
- £40,000 – £42,000 yearly
- Benefits
- Bonus
Eastbury Road, HA6 3BG, Northwood
Coffee House • 51-250 Employees
Hiring on JOB TODAY since June, 2018
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