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Sous Chef - Luxury Spanish Restaurant Maidenhead | Up to £35,000 + Tronc | £43-44k OTE | Head Chef Progression \n LJ Recruitment is supporting a luxury Spanish restaurant in Maidenhead in the appointment of an ambitious and talented Sous Chef, with a genuine opportunity to progress to Head Chef within 6-12 months for the right person. \n This is an exciting opportunity for a chef with fine dining, high-end restaurant or luxury hospitality experience who is ready to take the next step in their career and prove themselves at Head Chef level. \n The restaurant offers modern Spanish cuisine in a stylish and vibrant setting, with a tapas-led menu focused on quality ingredients, flavour, presentation and consistency. With the ability to serve up to 450 covers on busy days, this is a high-volume operation requiring strong organisation, technical ability and confident leadership. \n Spanish cuisine experience is desirable but not essential. The restaurant is open to chefs from fine dining, modern European, Mediterranean and other high-end backgrounds who have excellent culinary standards and a genuine interest in developing their knowledge of Spanish cuisine. \n Head Chef Progression - 6-12 Months \n This role offers a clear progression pathway for an ambitious chef. \n For the right person, there is an opportunity to move into the Head Chef position within 6-12 months, subject to performance, leadership ability and demonstrating the required standards. \n You will work closely with the current Head Chef and gain valuable experience across kitchen leadership, menu development, food cost, stock control, ordering, team management and service operations. \n The Role \n\n • Support the Head Chef with the day-to-day running of the kitchen\n, • Lead and motivate a brigade of 5-6 chefs\n, • Take responsibility for the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence\n, • Maintain exceptional standards of food quality, presentation and consistency\n, • Assist with menu development and seasonal dishes\n, • Manage preparation, service and kitchen organisation\n, • Support stock control, ordering and supplier management\n, • Maintain excellent food hygiene, HACCP and health & safety standards\n, • Ensure efficient service during high-volume periods of up to 450 covers\n, • Coach and develop junior members of the brigade\n, • Take increasing responsibility with a view to progressing to Head Chef within 6-12 months\n\n About You \n We're looking for a chef with high standards, ambition and genuine leadership potential. \n You will ideally have: \n\n • Experience within fine dining, high-end restaurants, luxury hotels or premium hospitality\n, • Strong culinary foundations and excellent technical ability\n, • A genuine passion for ingredients, flavour and presentation\n, • Experience leading a kitchen brigade during demanding services\n, • A calm, organised and professional approach under pressure\n, • Strong communication and team leadership skills\n, • A hands-on approach and the ability to lead by example\n, • The ambition and ability to progress into a Head Chef position\n\n Spanish or tapas experience would be advantageous but is not essential. \n What matters most is your level of cooking, your standards, your leadership ability and your ambition to progress. \n What You'll Receive \n\n • Up to £35,000 basic salary\n, • £43,000-£44,000 OTE including Tronc\n, • Clear progression to Head Chef within 6-12 months for the right person\n, • Accommodation assistance available\n, • Five straight shifts per week, on a rota basis\n, • Opportunity to contribute to menu development and culinary direction\n, • Career progression within a growing restaurant group\n, • Opportunity to grow with a group currently operating two established sites, with a third opening next year\n\n The Opportunity \n This isn't simply another Sous Chef position. It's an opportunity for an ambitious chef to join a quality-driven restaurant and work towards their first Head Chef position within a defined 6-12 month timeframe. \n If you've built your career in fine dining, Michelin, Rosette, luxury hotels or high-end independent restaurants and you're ready to take the next step, we'd love to hear from you. \n You don't necessarily need Spanish experience. You need high standards, strong technical ability, leadership potential and the ambition to become a Head Chef. \n Apply now for a confidential conversation with LJ Recruitment and take the next step in your culinary career.

Sous Chef - Luxury Spanish Restaurant Maidenhead | Up to £35,000 + Tronc | £43-44k OTE | Head Chef Progression LJ Recruitment is supporting a luxury Spanish restaurant in Maidenhead in the appointment of an ambitious and talented Sous Chef , with a genuine opportunity to progress to Head Chef within 6-12 months for the right person. This is an exciting opportunity for a chef with fine dining, high-end restaurant or luxury hospitality experience who is ready to take the next step in their career and prove themselves at Head Chef level. The restaurant offers modern Spanish cuisine in a stylish and vibrant setting, with a tapas-led menu focused on quality ingredients, flavour, presentation and consistency. With the ability to serve up to 450 covers on busy days , this is a high-volume operation requiring strong organisation, technical ability and confident leadership. Spanish cuisine experience is desirable but not essential. The restaurant is open to chefs from fine dining, modern European, Mediterranean and other high-end backgrounds who have excellent culinary standards and a genuine interest in developing their knowledge of Spanish cuisine. Head Chef Progression - 6-12 Months This role offers a clear progression pathway for an ambitious chef. For the right person, there is an opportunity to move into the Head Chef position within 6-12 months , subject to performance, leadership ability and demonstrating the required standards. You will work closely with the current Head Chef and gain valuable experience across kitchen leadership, menu development, food cost, stock control, ordering, team management and service operations. The Role Support the Head Chef with the day-to-day running of the kitchen Lead and motivate a brigade of 5-6 chefs Take responsibility for the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence Maintain exceptional standards of food quality, presentation and consistency Assist with menu development and seasonal dishes Manage preparation, service and kitchen organisation Support stock control, ordering and supplier management Maintain excellent food hygiene, HACCP and health & safety standards Ensure efficient service during high-volume periods of up to 450 covers Coach and develop junior members of the brigade Take increasing responsibility with a view to progressing to Head Chef within 6-12 months About You We're looking for a chef with high standards, ambition and genuine leadership potential . You will ideally have: Experience within fine dining, high-end restaurants, luxury hotels or premium hospitality Strong culinary foundations and excellent technical ability A genuine passion for ingredients, flavour and presentation Experience leading a kitchen brigade during demanding services A calm, organised and professional approach under pressure Strong communication and team leadership skills A hands-on approach and the ability to lead by example The ambition and ability to progress into a Head Chef position Spanish or tapas experience would be advantageous but is not essential. What matters most is your level of cooking, your standards, your leadership ability and your ambition to progress. What You'll Receive Up to £35,000 basic salary £43,000-£44,000 OTE including Tronc Clear progression to Head Chef within 6-12 months for the right person Accommodation assistance available Five straight shifts per week , on a rota basis Opportunity to contribute to menu development and culinary direction Career progression within a growing restaurant group Opportunity to grow with a group currently operating two established sites, with a third opening next year The Opportunity This isn't simply another Sous Chef position. It's an opportunity for an ambitious chef to join a quality-driven restaurant and work towards their first Head Chef position within a defined 6-12 month timeframe . If you've built your career in fine dining, Michelin, Rosette, luxury hotels or high-end independent restaurants and you're ready to take the next step, we'd love to hear from you. You don't necessarily need Spanish experience. You need high standards, strong technical ability, leadership potential and the ambition to become a Head Chef. Apply now for a confidential conversation with LJ Recruitment and take the next step in your culinary career. TPBN1_UKTJ

Main Duties Be a visual and approachable culinary figurehead for Bekynton at Eton College; Ensure timely and efficient preparation of all core catering services whilst on shift within Bekynton and associated catering areas and venues within the College; Assist in menu planning, ensuring that food pr

The Costing Analyst is responsible for ensuring accurate product, recipe and operational costing, providing the business with reliable cost information to support pricing, margin management, budgeting and commercial decision-making. The role works closely with Finance, Commercial, Procurement, Production and Operations to understand the true cost of products and services and identify opportunities to improve profitability and cost control. Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities Produce and maintain detailed product and recipe costings. Including calculating material, and other direct costs. Provide accurate costing information for tenders, quotations and customer proposals. Support Commercial teams with pricing scenarios, model the financial impact of specification, contract and volume changes. Provide cost and margin analysis including, investigating variances due to price increase, yield, volume changes among other aspects of the service. Ensure that costings within Newrest systems are updated, accurate and reflect the menus agreed with customers. Liaise with Culinary Lead to ensure that Menu Grids are completed and accurate. Create and update menu specifications and costings for each food component. Ensure all aspects of the service are accurately detailed in the system. Compliance checking, recording outcomes and implementing improvement plans on an ad hoc basis, across the UK. Support in menu presentations / chef tables and customer meetings. Profile Knowledge and Skills Minimum 1 years' experience food manufacturing, airline catering, manufacturing, FMCG or logistics. Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools. Advanced Excel. Experience of working with systems. Experience in Culinary Costings and Analysis (desirable). Data entry skills, good numeracy and attention to detail. Demonstrate problem solving skills Good literacy skills, verbal written and spoken. Ability to translate technical information into operational language. Analytical and critical thinking. Excellent communication, team work and customer service skills. The ability to work calmly under pressure. Organisational skills. TPBN1_UKTJ

Area Support Manager Location: M1 Corridor, Multi-Site Role Due to the locations of the sites within this remit, we are ideally looking for someone based in or around the Milton Keynes area. Salary: Up to £33,000 per annum plus company car allowance Core working hours are Monday to Friday; however, due to the operational requirements of our sites, there will be an expectation to provide on-call cover on a rotational basis over weekends. Are you passionate about great food, developing people and raising standards? We're looking for an experienced and inspiring Area Support Manager to help drive culinary excellence across our portfolio of workplace dining operations throughout the M1 Corridor. This is a fantastic opportunity for a food-led leader who thrives on coaching teams, improving standards and bringing food concepts to life. Working closely with our Unit Managers, Chef Managers and Regional Managers, you'll play a key role in ensuring every site delivers exceptional food, outstanding customer experiences and consistently high brand standards. Personality behind every plate. Food first. Always. At Dine, food isn't an add-on. It's the centre of everything we do. Founded in the Northwest in 1997 and still proudly based in Warrington, Dine Contract Catering was built by chefs and food lovers who believed workplace dining could be something more. Today, that chef-led, food-first mindset still defines us. We're a business where chefs are empowered to create, bringing together seasonal ingredients, local suppliers and bold ideas to deliver food experiences with real personality, purpose and pride. Every offer is tailored. Every menu has intent. What You'll Be Doing As an Area Support Manager, you'll be the driving force behind our food culture, supporting sites to deliver innovative, fresh and high-quality food experiences that delight our customers every day. You'll: • Champion Dine's food vision, culinary standards and customer experience across multiple sites, • Support the successful implementation of menus, food concepts, promotions and seasonal initiatives, • Coach and develop Catering Managers, Chef Managers and operational teams to build capability and confidence, • Provide hands-on support in operations, helping teams achieve excellence in food quality, presentation and service delivery, • Identify opportunities to enhance customer satisfaction, innovation and commercial performance, • Conduct site reviews to ensure consistency, compliance and operational excellence, • Share best practice across the region and embed a culture of continuous improvement, • Support mobilisation projects, business initiatives and new contract launches, • Act as a visible ambassador for food innovation, hospitality and operational excellence throughout Dine, • Occasionally provide operational cover at sites within the portfolio What We're Looking For You'll be a passionate food professional with the ability to inspire others and raise standards through coaching, mentoring and leading by example. Essential • A strong culinary background within contract catering, hospitality or foodservice, • Multi-site operational experience, • A genuine passion for delivering exceptional food and hospitality experiences, • Experience coaching, developing and influencing managers and operational teams, • Strong knowledge of food safety, compliance and operational best practice, • Commercial awareness and the ability to identify opportunities for improvement, • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, • A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the region including overnight stays where required Desirable • Previous experience as an Area Manager, Support Manager or similar multi-site leadership role, • Level 3 Food Safety qualification (or above), • IOSH Managing Safely qualification, • Experience supporting mobilisations, change programmes or operational improvement projects Why Join Dine? At Dine, food is at the heart of everything we do. We're passionate about creating memorable dining experiences, investing in our people and continually raising the bar on quality and innovation. This role offers the opportunity to make a real impact, influencing food standards across multiple sites, developing future leaders and helping shape the future of our business. If you're passionate about food, people and delivering excellence, we'd love to hear from you. Job Reference: com/2109/40770001/52834497/SU #DINE Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength! JBRP1_UKTJ

Opportunity to grow with an expanding restaurant groupYour RoleSupport the Head Chef in day-to-day kitchen operationsLead the brigade of 5-6 chefs when requiredMaintain exceptional culinary standards, with a strong focus on Spanish flavours and tapas dishesAssist with stock control, ordering, and su

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Seeking a Sous Chef for a luxury Spanish restaurant to support the Head Chef, maintain culinary standards, and manage kitchen operations during high-volume services.

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