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Head Chef
We’re on the hunt for a talented Head Chef to take the reins in one of our lively pubs. Part of the JW Lees family brewery, we’re all about fresh, classic pub fayre done properly, with plenty of room to make your mark. This kitchen has loads of potential just waiting to be unlocked, so if you love leading a team, keeping standards high, and bringing a bit of personality to the plate, we want to hear from you.
Requirements
- A dedicated and professional leader ensuring that kitchen standards are maintained to the very highest standard
- Passionate about cooking great food and ensuring every dish leave the kitchen to specification
- Excellent stock control practices
- Ability to motivate your team to perform to the best of their cooking capabilities
- Skills in mentoring and developing your team, passing on your skills, knowledge and experience
- Creative flair for developing in-house specials
- Ability to lay the ground rules and have overall responsibility over daily operations within the kitchen
- Ability to achieve 5* Scores on the doors
- Exemplary work ethic to inspire your team to send the perfect dish on time every time
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Responsibilities
- Maintain kitchen standards to the very highest standard
- Ensure every dish leaves the kitchen to specification
- Maintain excellent stock control practices
- Motivate and mentor your team, passing on skills, knowledge and experience
- Develop in-house specials
- Oversee daily operations within the kitchen
- Ensure the kitchen achieves 5* Scores on the doors
Benefits
- Salary: Up to £39k, plus cash tips and tronc
- Well equipped kitchen with maintained kit
- Input in to menu development and ability to curate specials menus using good quality produce
- Healthcare: Cash Plan giving you access to a 24-hour GP service and the ability to claim money back for dentist, eyecare and other medical appointments for you and your family
- Annual profit share bonus
- Discount: 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs, inns and hotels for you and friends and family
- 50% off food when on shift
- Discounted stays in our hotels and inns
- Wellbeing: 24 hour confidential wellbeing support, plus counselling provided by the Licenced Trade Charity
- Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress your career with our internal and external development programmes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption policies
- Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range of high street and online discounts
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About JW Lees
Proudly family owned and nearly 200 years old, JW Lees are the original modern, traditional brewer. With 150 pubs, inns and hotels across the North West and North Wales, we are passionate about great beer, fantastic food and memorable experiences.
We put people at the heart of our business, always doing the right thing and always sticking together. Our six values are at the heart of everything we do: Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together.
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