Our well – established client a non-profit making Association is looking to recruit an experienced Chef / Kitchen Manager to join their friendly team based at Grantham.
Duties for this role will include:-
- Running and maintaining all aspects of the kitchen, restaurant and social events. To lead, manage and drive your team and to serve well-presented food, of an excellent quality
- Maintain an efficient working kitchen within set budgets, including planning labour, ingredients and ensure the kitchen is profitable
- Maintain all food and health and safety legislation/regulations.
- Maintaining and updating recipe and compliance documentation.
- Responsible for stock rotation and stock control including checking use by dates and ordering of food stocks, taking into account food costs and income.
- Responsible for ensuring that at all times a high standard of cleanliness of your kitchen and restaurant is maintained
- Responsible for event management including coffee mornings, BBQ’s, afternoon teas, supper clubs etc.
- To take full responsible for the food expenditure within your scheme, including the ordering of stock, taking into account costing’s of menus, and the use of resources to ensure the agreed food profit margins are maintained, in order to reduce the service charge contribution.
- Manage supplier relationships and purchasing for externally sourced ingredients purchases, having awareness to seasonal costs and designing menus accordingly.
- Handling and resolving complaints promptly and professionally.
- Produce a seven day a week rota and cover or find cover for team absence or holidays to ensure continuity of service delivery.
- Managing team members, including annual appraisals, regular one to ones and team meetings and cross functional team meetings.
- Providing training and support to all team members, promoting and encouraging each individuals learning and development.
- Maintain safe working conditions and ensure all team members are inducted, trained and are working according to the safe systems at work
- Undertake other duties/hours of work as reasonable required and are consistent with the general level of responsibility of this role.
The ideal candidate must be experienced and confident managing a team but equally happy to work alone as required.
Salary £25,130 per year
Hours of work 35 per week -Work to a rota to provide 7 day cover, 365 days of the year
On- site parking available
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