Hospitality and Retail Head Chef

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 7 including senior sous chef, sous chef, chef de parties and kitchen porters.
• Prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard.
• Produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers.
• Ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus.
• Develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations.
• Be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers.
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard.
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team.
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance.
• Ensure that the kitchen team have completed up-to-date COSSH and Food Hygiene training.

• Ambitious and experienced head chef who has worked within B&I contract catering or hotels with banqueting.
• Previous fine dining/Michelin experience.
• Great communication skills.
• Strong leadership ability.
• Passion for creating innovative retail and hospitality offerings on site.

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Working with Vacherin has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Eye care
• Great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• Volunteering days
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Vacherin officially formed part of CH&CO Catering Group Ltd in 2021. Partnerships, Innovation, Integrity, Quality, Fun.