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Head Chef / Kitchen Manager
Location: Hull
Salary
Job Type: [Full-time / Permanent]
The Role Outline: Your Shift at a Glance
Let's be completely honest. Running a commercial kitchen is not for the faint of heart. Your focus is to take total ownership of our food operation, delivering our food and beverage strategy and driving serious commercial returns. You are the absolute leader of the brigade, driving consistent standards, protecting our profit performance, and obsessing over food quality. You will build a bulletproof culture of cleanliness and food safety while creating an environment where your chefs actually look forward to coming to work.
Why Village?
At Village, we do hospitality a little differently. We are all about personality, genuine connections, and creating great experiences for our guests and each other. That is why we back our teams to take ownership, learn new skills, and grow their careers.
Previous head chef experience is essential, but your attitude and energy matter just as much to us. If you are a grafter who leads from the front, loves developing trainee chefs, and knows how to keep a cool head when the tickets are flying, we will give you the platform to run your kitchen your way. Because it really does take a Village.
How The Village Thrives
We live our culture through four simple commitments:
- We Can & We Do: We show up to make a genuine difference and do fantastic work everyday, with purpose. You will drive the commercial numbers, smashing your budgeted GP percentage, payroll benchmarks, and food revenue targets.
- We Will: Treat each other with respect and dignity. No ego, no drama. You will work effectively with the Front of House teams and the General Manager, ensuring clear lines of communication during service.
- We Care: We care about our impact on guests, the community, and each other. You will mentor your kitchen team, supervise the junior chefs safely, and ensure everyone is fully up to speed on crucial allergen and legal updates.
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Your Shift: What You’ll Actually Be Doing
As our Head Chef, you are the engine of the back of house. We trust you to handle:
- The Pass: Delivering a smooth flow of work, rigidly controlling portion sizes, and examining the temperature, quality, and appearance of every single plate.
- Immaculate Standards: Adhering strictly to food hygiene regulations and EHO directives, ensuring every delivery is checked, and smashing our internal and external audit targets consistently.
- Commercial Hustle: Reviewing wage costs to ensure staffing levels are spot on, maintaining accurate stock par levels, and preparing business cases for any critical kitchen investments.
- Product Passion: Conducting tastings, running daily briefings to test the team on menu knowledge, and ensuring food is cooked and served to exact company specifications.
How We Succeed Together
We do not micromanage. We believe in Ownership & Integrity, giving you the autonomy to manage your stock control procedures, adjust merchandising to push high-margin items, and take charge of your kitchen's daily operation.
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We Empower & Elevate our people. If you want Room to Grow, we share our experience to embed a strong development culture where training is a consistently high priority. We constantly Innovate & Progress so we can Inspire Excellence and hit our Review Pro and mystery guest targets together.
The Perks: What’s In It For You?
- Gym Membership: 2 x complimentary gym memberships at your home hotel.
- Hotel Stays: Hotel rooms from £20 across 34 hotels.
- Food & Drink: 50% off food and drink for you and up to 5 guests, plus 75% off Sunday dinner for up to 6 people.
- Friends & Family: 2 friends or family members get 25% off F&B, even when you are not there.
- Retail & Lifestyle: Hundreds of brand discounts via the Village app.
- Support: 24/7 Mental Health support via our Employee Assistance Programme.
Think You’ve Got the Right Energy?
We are not looking for corporate robots, we are looking for great leaders who put heart and soul into their food. If you are a high-performing chef ready to take complete ownership of a busy kitchen, inspire a brigade, and deliver incredible standards, we want to hear from you.
Bring your personality, your drive, and your ambition. Hit apply, tell us why you love the kitchen environment, and let's see if we are a match.
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