Regional Head Chef

Regional Head Chef

Award winning, Daylesford Organic, one of the most famous farming estates and organic producers in the UK. We are looking for an engaging and passionate Regional Head Chef to join our team.

The Highlights:

• Competitive pay from £60,000 per annum PLUS approx £2,500 in tronc
• Dual kitchen management, whilst remaining Head Chef in one kitchen 
• Breakfast and lunch operation – NO NIGHTS
• Straight shifts, allowing you a great work-life balance
• Daylesford is open 7 days a week, so flexibility to cover a variety of shifts including weekends is essential 

Benefits & Perks:

• Daylesford & Bamford 30% discount
• 50% staff lunch discount (in store)
• Bamford 60% discount on skin care range
• 10% Discount across our pub group
• Free food and drink available
• 28 days paid holiday (increasing to 33 days with length of service)
• Training and development to advance your career
• Team member of the month awarded £150 per month (added to your pay)
• Refer a Friend Scheme Bonus up to £1000
• Milestone awards years 1, 5, 10, 15, 20+
• 2x Company parties per year
• Cotswolds farm tour
• Organic veg boxes - seasonal
• Stakeholder pension scheme
• Subsidised private medical insurance

About you

As Regional Head Chef you will be a natural leader who communicates clearly and confidently with their teams. You will be responsible for driving quality and consistency of the all-day food offering and working alongside the operational team to maintain high levels of service. You will be responsible for budgets and margins as well as H&S within the kitchen. Passion for organic and sustainable food is essential.

We are looking for a Regional Head Chef who is an excellent people manager as well as a talented Chef. An ability to coach and develop teams is a must. You must be approachable with the ability to think on your feet. Set clear targets for your teams and manage their performance accordingly, delivering on-going feedback and training as required. You’ll have a great technical understanding of nutrient rich foods and their preparation. You must be highly organised and have meticulous standards. Understanding of foods relationship to Health and Wellbeing is key.

Main responsibilities

• Oversee and manage two kitchens as Head Chef yourself in one and with a different head chef to support in the other
• Drive consistency of all-day food offering within store
• Ensure menus are delivered to spec
• Champion daily specials using seasonal products from the farm
• Champion organic seasonal produce and delivering its full potential
• Maintain a high standard of customer service
• Manage the kitchen rota effectively to deliver labour targets
• Manage the kitchen ordering to ensure full availability minimum waste & delivery of budgeted G.P.
• Develop, train and coach your team through appraisal and ‘training and development’
• Actively recruit the best people for the right job role
• Work in conjunction with store General Manager and Management team to deliver business goals
• Ensure all store comply to Health & Safety and Food Safety legislation

If you would like to be part of our truly unique business – we would love to hear from you. Please send us your CV today.

We aim to attract, recruit and develop people from a wide range of backgrounds, with different perspectives, ideas and experiences. We seek to create a productive environment, representative of different cultures and groups, where everyone has an equal chance to succeed. If you feel you need any reasonable adjustments to be made in order to apply for a vacancy at Daylesford, please contact the Recruitment Team by visiting our website.