Head Chef

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We're looking for a Head Chef to lead our kitchen team at Piccolo Lounge in Ely
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Join us to create outstanding dishes with fresh, customer‑led, high‑quality ingredients. You will work alongside a supportive team, ensuring every dish meets specifications, a clean and safe kitchen, and all prep is completed for each shift. Your leadership will keep customers happy with great food.

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• Overtime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!
• Staff food on every shift
• 50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands – Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside
• 28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service
• The most talked‑about staff party in hospitality – Loungefest!
• Competitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all‑expenses‑paid trip with one of our suppliers)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Power over your pay with Wagestream
• Emotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity
• Great opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast‑growing business
• Tips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked
• Christmas and Boxing Day off!

• You are an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.
• You have experience working with fresh ingredients and can demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices).
• Your work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in, leading from the front to deliver excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high‑performing team.
• You are familiar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour, stock, food safety requirements and others.
• You have worked in kitchen environments where you report on various metrics including GPs, labour/house, food preparation.
• You have delivered successful training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.

Seniority level:
Not applicable.

Employment type:

Full‑time.

Job function:
Management. Industries:
Restaurants and Food and Beverage Services.