Head Chef

High-end Hotel - Edinburgh city centre
Structured Kitchen Brigade - £45k salary and a string of benefits

Head Chef Rewards:
A competitive salary circa £45k+ is available for this Head Chef role. The hotel offers an excellent benefits package including many company discounts and a minimum paperwork environment so you can concentrate on the cooking side of operations.
The Place:
Our client a city centre hotel based in Edinburgh has a fantastic opportunity for a Head Chef to join the culinary in-house Team. Set in a bustling, city with a renowned brand and prestigious reputation, our client puts you in the heart of it all. Owing to internal changes the company are now looking to strengthen and attract ideally an existing No1 or a No2 now looking to take that step up and now work in a five-star environment.
The Job:
The main responsibilities in this Head Chef role are to ensure the brigade delivers the very best, both service and product in their allocated department, whether it be the restaurant or banqueting. You will be heavily involved with the Executive Chef and the Executive Senior Sous Chef in writing and designing new and exciting menus, you will ensure the profitability of your area. Making sure that you and the brigade comply with all health and safety regulations, is at the heart of the business, it is all about training and developing all junior members of the team, and ensuring that all learning and development plans are completed thus helping to drive standards and retain enthusiastic and quality driven individuals passionate about food.
The Person:
The ideal candidate for this Head Chef role will have experience within a 4 or 5-star hotel or a rosetted restaurant. You don't need to have kitchen finance knowledge, but have that passion for cooking and be able to demonstrate a great understanding of food and current trends, have the ability to work well under pressure and be proactive. This Head Chef role is ideally suited to a Sous Chef looking for that new challenge or that Head Chef where paperwork is the bane of your current role. Your CV will show consistency and longevity in each of the roles you have held, it will also clearly demonstrate a cv that is at ease with banqueting for big numbers or/and fine dining restaurant cuisine to a minimum 2 rosette level.No live-in accommodation is available for this role.

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