Head Chef - Uxbridge
7 days ago
Uxbridge
About the Role We're looking for a passionate and driven Head Chef to lead our kitchen in a vibrant, fast-paced café environment. This is a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on leader as a Head Chef who thrives on delivering great food, inspiring a team, and running a commercially successful kitchen. You'll play a key role in shaping our client's food offering, maintaining high standards, and ensuring the kitchen operates efficiently while hitting key financial targets. What You'll Be Doing • Leading, motivating, and developing a high-performing kitchen team, • Taking full ownership of kitchen operations, from prep to service, • Creating and evolving menus that excite our customers and suit a leisure environment, • Managing kitchen budgets, including food costs, labour, and waste control, • Driving consistency, quality, and presentation across all dishes, • Planning staff rotas in line with business needs, • Building strong relationships with suppliers and managing stock effectively, • Ensuring compliance with food safety, hygiene, and health & safety standards, • Working closely with front-of-house to deliver a great all-round customer experience What We're Looking For • Proven experience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in a high-vo...