Head Chef

Experience, leadership, knowledge, passion and skill required to handle this challenge!

A great opportunity to join and lead a team unlike any other.

18 Chefs and 9 kitchen hands.

I require an incredibly strong and confident chef with a minimum of 5 years experience in senior positions of quality establishments.

A chef who is willing to work hard to earn the respect of the team and lead by example.

I need an individual able to handle and organise large volumes of staff, food and customers but also be tuned into the finer details of serving great food, running a tight service and keeping a happy team.

The successful applicant will want to be in charge - to have the desire and confidence to make the big calls and be rewarded in return. I need a chef to help me drive this massive machine and to make something that they are proud to say they had a major influence in running - write menus, design dishes, collaborate with like-minded and talented chefs who love cooking and creating an awesome work environment.

• A strong personality and excellent leadership skills.
• Confidence to make decisions and to back yourself at all times.
• Experience with running a large team and to work with a wide range of personalities.
• Extremely organized with the ability to communicate and delegate.
• A sound knowledge of cooking fundamentals with a high level of execution.
• Understanding seasonal produce and food trends.
• Be a problem solver with a greater awareness of how a business operates.
• Ability to create and design dishes with the desire to not only teach but also to learn.
• Understand how to operate and implement a FOOD CONTROL PLAN.
• Know how to control FOOD COSTS and WAGE COSTS.

Your primary role will be the day to day running of a busy kitchen, ordering, training staff and quality control, also working with the Sous Chefs and myself - Executive Chef, to create new menus and to implement new kitchen procedures.

This position will suit a chef with a passion for food and love for the hospitality industry. A chef who wants to work in a great kitchen team and be directly involved with the running and direction of an iconic Wellington restaurant