Job Description

Head Chef | Multi Rosette

£65,000 Package + Benefits

Harrogate

Benefits:

• Four day working week
• Performance related bonus
• Opportunity to lead an exciting new culinary chapter
• Creative freedom to develop menus and dining concepts
• Opportunity to build and develop your own kitchen team
• Ambition to achieve multiple AA Rosettes

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a passionate and ambitious Head Chef to play a pivotal role in the transformation of a luxury country house hotel with exciting plans for its culinary future.

From refined tasting menus and intimate private dining to developing a distinctive food identity worthy of multiple AA Rosettes, the successful Head Chef will have the freedom to shape the next chapter of this destination.

We are looking for a chef who can see beyond what exists today, embrace the vision and bring the creativity, leadership and determination needed to turn an ambitious project into an outstanding dining experience.

Head Chef Ideal Profile:

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or accomplished senior chef within a high-quality, award-winning kitchen
• Strong understanding of AA Rosette standards, refined dining and modern culinary techniques
• Creative approach to menu development, including tasting menus and bespoke private dining experiences
• Genuine passion for seasonal produce, exceptional ingredients and beautifully executed dishes
• Inspirational leadership style with the ability to recruit, mentor and develop a talented kitchen brigade
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ambition, enthusiasm and commitment to help shape an exciting new dining concept

Head Chef Responsibilities:

• Lead the culinary direction of the hotel, creating a distinctive food offering that reflects its new vision
• Develop innovative seasonal menus, tasting experiences and bespoke private dining offerings
• Play an integral role in the refurbishment project, contributing ideas to the development of the kitchen and dining experience
• Build, inspire and develop a high performing kitchen team with a shared commitment to excellence
• Drive exceptional food standards with the ambition of achieving and maintaining multiple AA Rosettes
• Take ownership of kitchen operations, food costs, supplier relationships and commercial performance while maintaining outstanding quality

By submitting your CV to Ginger Recruitment Services Ltd (GRSL), you are consenting to GRSL providing you with recruitment services as an agency defined under the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and authorising GRSL to work seek on your behalf. You are consenting to your CV being forwarded to clients via electronic mail. You are also giving your consent to your personal data being included on a computerised database and its use in order to secure employment. GIN03