Head Chef – Woking, GU23

Barons Pub Company Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group is seeking an experienced Head Chef to manage a busy kitchen. In this role, you will drive standards and lead your kitchen staff in delivering high-quality meals while maintaining compliance and efficiency. Ideal candidates will have a passion for food, exceptional leadership skills, and experience in a similar environment. The company offers a supportive culture and opportunities for personal development through their training academy.

Benefits

50% off food at all sites

Training opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience managing a busy kitchen and leading a team.
• Passion for delivering high-quality food and exceptional service.
• Ability to maintain hygiene standards and kitchen compliance.

Responsibilities

• Drive standards and develop kitchen staff.
• Manage kitchen operations and ensure food quality.
• Engage with the kitchen team in training and meetings.
• Oversee ordering and stock control.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety knowledge

Kitchen management

Quality control

Job description

Overview

A company culture to get excited about – empathetic and supportive, personal development plans, having a voice, and a focus on work/life balance. Flexible shift patterns to ensure a good work life balance. Excellent training through Barons Academy including L4 Management Diploma, L3 Health & Safety, L3 Food Safety, First Aid, Training Skills, and many more. Team building events, industry days out, trips to vineyards and breweries, and annual staff parties. Long-service gifts and treats because we really value our employees. Meals whilst on duty to sample the menu and check consistency. 50% off food when visiting one of our 11 sites. Dedicated resources at each site to support with your total Health and Wellbeing. Refer a Chef incentive - earn yourself £s. We offer Wagestream - access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it and shopping discounts and perks. The usual other benefits like pension contributions (NEST) and holiday pay.

Barons Pubs are keen that our Head Chefs are able to enjoy a work/life balance whilst successfully managing a very busy kitchen that produces freshly cooked meals for all the family to enjoy. Being passionate about people is the foundation to our success. We are proud to serve great food and drink and deliver exceptional hospitality and customer service. We are looking to recruit a dedicated and experienced Head Chef, who wants to work with a motivating, progressive and ever-evolving company.

The dishes and specials on the menus are created by our food development team and change regularly; ensuring your kitchen team delivers meals to these tight specifications is a key part of the role.

The Curious Pig is the latest addition to the Barons family and boasts 9 boutique letting rooms and a large outside garden space with play area, a bar, dining pods and a bookable patio function area.

What we expect…

• You will drive standards and develop and motivate your kitchen staff; leading by example and inspiring their thirst for success.
• You will lead from the front, running smooth service sessions; setting and maintaining the highest standards of food quality and consistency.
• You will manage effective kitchen controls to achieve good gross profit, efficient ordering and stock control, as well as driving excellent compliance and standards in health, hygiene and food safety.
• We are looking for a motivated Head Chef who will not only join the management team of the Pub but also the bigger Chef community within Barons; attending training workshops and team meetings.
• Our customers want a great experience every time they visit one of Barons Pubs and together with the front of house team, it is your job to ensure that the customer’s expectations are met every time.

Barons success has been built through its people. We provide a culture where everyone is given the opportunity to meet their potential, and develop their behaviours, skills and knowledge through our Barons Training Academy. All successful candidates will enrol in the Academy and will be given the opportunity to achieve up to L4 Management qualifications whilst working in their job.

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