£38000–£42000 yearly
Full-time
London
Head Chef wanted for Modern independent local The Regent in Balham. OTE £46.5K THE HUNT IS ON for The Regent’s new Head Chef to join our fantastic team at our modern neighbourhood local pub and lead in the delivery of our fresh, seasonal, delicious food offering in Balham. Do you believe in fresh produce? Cooked to order? Do you have a passion for producing flavoursome pub food? Eager to train and develop your team? Keen to input into our seasonal menu? We’d love to hear from you. Come and be part of an excellent working environment where the focus is on constantly developing yourself (mentoring from our Exec Chef is readily available) and helping to create seasonal menu items from the best ingredients (no additives or preservatives in our kitchens!). About Our Head Chef Role Our Head Chef will lead in the delivery of Livelyhood’s delicious food offering in one of our most well loved pubs in South London. The right Head Chef will: · Enjoy leading & developing their back of house team
· Have previous Head Chef/Senior Sous Chef experience in a busy kitchen
· Manage daily food ordering, production, and service, maintaining high standards.
· Cook great, tasty food so that people keep coming back for more.
· Comply with our food standards and guidelines.
· Comply with Health & Safety policies & procedures
· Manage supplier ordering and maintain correct stock levels
· Thrive on the chance to show their creativity, creating specials & inputting into our menus What we are offering A competitive salary up to £42K based on your experience + tronc + Bonus
Additional tronc/service payments – in region of a further £4.5k making OTE up to £46.5k
Additional Head Chef bonus plan - £1.5k per quarter/additional £9k a year bonus scheme
Excellent, supportive working environment with 45 hours working weeks our norm
Milestone rewards and recognition scheme - starts when you celebrate 6 months with us and keeps going!
40% food and drink discount for you and 3 guests valid in all sites from day 1
We offer hospitality apprenticeships to support your development if you're keen
Access to 35% of your earnt pay on demand giving your financial flexibility
Wellbeing focused employer– with Livelyhood Mental Health First Aiders & employee assistance support available ** About The Regent Balham** The Regent Balham is part of Livelyhood pub group, an established, South London based owner, creator, and operator of inviting and independent neighbourhood pubs. We currently have 6 sites. It is a pretty handsome and friendly local serving darn tasty fresh, seasonal pub food with a beer selection to take care of every palate, classic cocktails and wines to wet your whistle. Due to a sustainable partnership with the local school it also enjoys a large outdoor garden. And if you're looking for a great sports offer, or somewhere to bring your dog, The Regent's got you covered. The Regent just keeps growing and is an established Balham neighbourhood favourite About Livelyhood You’ll find us in Crystal Palace (The Faber Fox), Balham (The Regent), Wimbledon (The Old Frizzle), Clapham South (The Perky Nel), Bromley South (The Artful Duke) & Elephant and Castle (The Rosy Hue). We are also planning to open more sites in South London, so this is a brilliant chance for the right people to join us and be a key part of our growth. Who are you? If you're already liking the sound of us, you're already our kind of person. Throw in your passion for consistent, flavoursome, fresh food, clear communication skills, good organisational skills, high kitchen standards, strong work ethic and your in-depth knowledge of H & S and HACCP and you'll have us at hello! Previous Experience in a Head Chef position preferred but if you have fresh food experience in a £10k+ food sales venue and you're ready to make the step up into the Head Chef role, we certainly want to hear from you. Our Head Chef will lead in the delivery of Livelyhood’s fresh food offering that has our five Lively Ways (values) of Authentic, Daring, People, Lively and Sustainable at its very heart. We will be considering applications as they arrive, so please don't delay in submitting your application All applicants will require a UK bank account and proof of their eligibility to work in the UK.
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