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Head Chef

Job details
Posting date: 04 April 2024
Salary: £37,000.00 to £40,000.00 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 02 May 2024
Location: Kent, TN30 6AP
Company: Balfour Hospitality
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ORG5200-The Woolpack HC1

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Summary

The Woolpack is a 15th-Century Inn in the heart of the High Street in Tenterden, Kent. The Woolly, as it's affectionately known, is a family and dog-friendly pub and restaurant with 7 individually designed bedrooms. If you're enthusiastic about delivering warm and welcoming experiences, we would love to welcome you to our team.

As Head Chef you are the leader and face of your kitchen from the day to day running, to managing a happy team, it’s all about leading your kitchen every day. Our kitchens are busy places so as Head Chef a level head, great organisation, delivering every time, with a smile, is the key to success.

We can offer you:


Up to £40,000 plus TRONC
Comprehensive private health care insurance through Vitality
35% discount on all drinks, food and accommodation across every Balfour site and Balfour Winery
A stay for you and a plus 1 at any of our hotels for your birthday plus a bottle of bubbles too
Access to Wage Stream to help you with those unexpected nasty bills
A great refer a friend scheme
Flexible hours to suit you and your work/life balance
Accredited members of “Wellbeing Promise”, meaning we are an employer who really does care! (www.wellbeingpromise.co.uk)


We're looking for our head chefs to:


Have held a senior chef position in a premium pub or restaurant
Care about using fresh and seasonal produce
Motivate their team, leading by example
Be organised
Know their kitchen numbers
Have excellent knowledge of HACCP, COSHH and Food Safety


In this role we need someone with:


Previous experience at management level in a premium hospitality business
Excellent food & drink knowledge
Good understanding of the importance of financial targets and how to achieve them
Own transport is essential




We welcome applications from a diverse range of individuals and will consider any reasonable adjustments to enable candidates to perform as well as possible during the recruitment process, kerry@balfourhospitality.com with any requests.

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