Chefs & Kitchen Team

BOXPARK; Andover; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing restaurant group in Andover is seeking a passionate Chef. You will be responsible for preparing quality food, training junior staff, and ensuring a positive dining experience. Candidates should have at least 1 year of chef experience, excellent culinary skills, and the right to work in the UK. Join a friendly team dedicated to serving fresh, quality pub food in a cozy atmosphere.

Benefits

Up to £13.00 per hour

Flexible shift patterns

Discounts on meals and accommodation

Development program

Lifestyle card with discounts

Service Awards

Birthday Gift

Referral bonuses up to £1000

Qualifications

• At least 1 year experience as a Chef.
• Right to Work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Cooks guests' orders according to their preferences.
• Is an expert at grilling steaks to perfection.
• Employs food safety best practices.
• Creates new specialties to attract diners.
• Coaches other chefs and kitchen staff.
• Works quickly during busy periods.
• Takes on extra duties when necessary.
• Collaborates with the restaurant's administrative team.

Skills

Strong Chef ability to train and coach

Great communication skills

Excellent culinary skills

Presentation skills

Job description

If you are looking for a new challenge in a growing business, then read on!

What’s in it for you?

• Up to £13.00 per hour plus a share of Tronc (this can be up to £5000 per year)
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

Chef Requirements:

• Be a strong Chef, with the ability to train, Coach and develop junior chefs
• At least 1 year experience as a Chef
• Great communication skills
• Right to Work in the UK
• Excellent culinary and presentation skills

Chef Responsibilities:

• Cooks guests' orders according to their preferences
• Is an expert at grilling steaks to perfection
• Employs food safety best practices and makes sure that all kitchen staff members do the same
• Acts with appropriate caution in a dangerous environment where there are knives and high-temperature surfaces
• Experiments to come up with new specialties that will draw diners into the restaurant
• Coaches other chef's and other members of the kitchen staff, so they perform at their best
• Keeps up with trends in cooking and the restaurant business to ensure that guests have a positive experience
• Works quickly and accurately during busy periods, such as weekends and evenings
• Occasionally takes on extra duties, such as cleaning, when the kitchen is short-staffed or the restaurant is particularly busy
• Takes direction and works with the restaurant's administrative team

A job you can enjoy

If you are a Chef with a passion for delivering service excellence, a love for preparing quality, food with a flair and have a great team spirit, then we want to hear from you!

What do we do?

We own a collection of beautiful and individual premium pubs across Southern England. Our pubs are in idyllic settings in country villages and towns, where we are proud to be the quality local of the area, serving high quality fresh pub food in a cozy pub ambience. Most of our pubs have some Charming Bedrooms as well. New to our growing family is Harper’s Steakhouse, a new premium American Steakhouse brand that we started rolling out last year.

It’s an exciting time to join us!

Upham Inns is growing, and we want you to grow with us and be part of our success. We’ve been busy investing in our business and we are seeing some great results. So, we want to continue to grow our pub family and we are looking to recruit passionate people into our team

We are looking for great people to join us

Our company is big enough to support you but small enough to care about your individual needs. We are a friendly, hands-on team who have a passion for running great pubs. We are always on the lookout for like-minded people who have the desire to work and grow with us.