Job Description
The Lost & Found is looking for a strong Head Chef to join us in leading the kitchen team at Leeds.
The Lost & Found is home to mystical mixology and delectable dishes and our buildings have been transformed into decadent drinking dens and restaurants, with a playful sense of fun, plants, flowers and hidden secrets. Infused spirits are mixed, muddled and beautifully served creating craft cocktails by our creative mixologists. And food is taken just as seriously with a menu full of flavour, made using seasonal produce and all cooked to perfection.
As a Head Chef in The Lost & Found, you will be responsible for cooking up the success of this business, being at the heart of the action making sure that your team are working as one to deliver top quality dishes every time. Leadership skills are essential for this key role and communication is paramount in this high volume, fast paced environment.
Why should you work for The Lost & Found?
- Competitive annual salary
- Excellent Head Chef bonus potentials including monthly and quarterly incentives
- Opportunity to join an award winning and growing bar & restaurant brand
- Great training and development schemes including funding qualifications
- Progression opportunities - we actively encourage our employees to progress, offering you opportunities in some of the best towns and cities in the UK
- Discounts on food and hotel accommodation, whilst on or off shift
- Online rewards scheme – Offering you discounts and cashback with major high street or online retailers
- Company benefits - this includes company pension scheme, private healthcare, childcare vouchers and various incentive trips and prizes throughout the year.
- Great working environment - we are proud that our pubs are beautifully designed with fantastic equipment providing a fun yet professional environment
What are we looking for?
- Experience in a fresh food kitchen working as a Head Chef or Kitchen Manager.
- Experience and knowledge of GP’s and stock management.
- Competent understanding of all regulations, food hygiene and company specifications.
- Experience in developing and inspiring your team of Chefs to become future leaders.
- A genuine passion for delivering top quality dishes
- An excellent team player with exceptional communication skills
- Be fun-loving, have a great character and enjoy the culture that our industry offers
If you are ready to be part of our mystical journey as our new Head Chef, then we want to hear from you... apply here!
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We’ve been running pubs and brewing beer in one form or another for more than 185 years – a heritage that we’re incredibly proud of!
Today we operate more than 1,400 pubs, bars and hotels which is our complete focus.
As a business, we strive to bring people together, creating happiness in our pubs and bars, and delivering more experience through our vast range of beers and drinks.
But it’s the passion of our 9,000 people that sets us apart from others, working together to create happy, memorable and meaningful experiences for our customers and stakeholders, every day.