Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™
Head Chef
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- Up to £56,000 per year based on experience & volume PLUS BONUS. Open to conversation & negotiation.
About Us
At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well as investing time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.
About the Role
We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific Head Chef who knows how to lead, support & inspire a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests. We would love to hear from you if you’ve got experience cooking fresh ingredients, managing a kitchen and you’re up for a new venture. It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon.
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What You'll Be Doing
As a Caravan Head Chef
- You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
- Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
- You will work with your General Manager to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
- You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your role and your kitchen.
- We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven’t.
Caravan Values
We live by 4 core values. We expect our Head Chef and all our teams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;
- Caravan of Love
- No boundaries
- Well-travelled
- All welcome
Sustainability
We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.
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Diversity & Inclusion
All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.
Benefits
To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Head Chef and all teams:
- Free meals & drinks when working
- Free dining when visiting with family & friends
- Coffee discount
- Bike to work scheme
- Mental health and well-being support
- Financial health education and support
- Leadership training and development
- Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants.
- Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.
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