Head chef - local pub restaurant

Head chef - Award winning local pub restaurant - Dorset

Popular and well reviewed pub restaurant with rooms offering a fabulous guest experience, is now looking for an experienced and proficient Head Chef from a 1/2 rosette background and/or high end brasserie restaurant environment to join its team.

This 35 cover restaurant offers creative head chef menu creativity and is set in a stunning location with excellent amenities. It is a fantastic opportunity for a talented professional to join a company offering a great working environment and a chance to push the food offering. There is an existing excellent team in the kitchen with chefs that end to stay due to a really positive working atmosphere that the Owner has created.

Due to the minimal covers and high average spend of circa £50 per head this role allows for a calm kitchen with a focus on delivering exceptional food.

For a chef who wants to escape the city for a different quality and pace of life this role represents a very interesting opportunity.

There are some excellent local suppliers allowing the chef to create the best of modern British Gastronomy with a menu that changes with the seasons. As Head Chef you will report to the owners and contribute to regular management meetings. You will need to be passionate about using local and home‑grown/home‑reared produce and cooking with fresh ingredients.

This role would suit a head chef from a busy restaurant environment who is used to delivering excellent consistency.

• Responsible for the supervision and management of a team of 5 chefs
• Creating all dishes from fresh, locally sourced and seasonal ingredients
• Full menu creativity working with great local produce
• Fully responsible for all of the departments financial duties
• Recruiting, training and mentoring
• Ensuring that a great level of communication is constantly carried out during busy services
• Adhering to health and safety and correct food safety regimes

• You must have at least two years’ experience as head chef with a rosette background and/or busy high end quality brasserie style dining environment
• You will have stayed within your last position for at least the last 12 months
• Be able to create dishes from fresh ingredients
• You must be a natural leader and motivator of people
• Will be able to nurture and develop the skills of your team

£37 000 - £38 000 per annum basic salary

Bonus and Incentive programme available

Excellent career development with a great company

In accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, candidates must prove their entitlement to work in the UK – Verification of Documentation will be undertaken as part of the recruitment process.