Head Chef

Kielder Waterside ,
Hexham, Northumberland
Salary: From £22,960 to £28,700 per annum Plus 12% annualised hours premium

Overview

About the role We have an amazing opportunity for you to become Head Chef at our award winning Kielder Waterside and become part of the team that delivers the “wow” experience to all of our day and stay visitors throughout the year. You’ll be leading and managing a team to deliver high quality food and beverage services, menu development and food production/preparation for guests (food preparation, cleaning, point of sale, kitchen support, and stock taking) We’re looking for you to manage the planning and organising of food and beverage services to agreed schedules and programmes/rotas, along with the monitoring and reporting on our regular monitoring of food hygiene and other regulatory standards. We’re all about the health and safety of our customers and colleagues, so we’re looking for you to take the responsibility for this, and the personal responsibility for management and development of our food and beverage services. About you As this role is working in the food and beverage side of our leisure business, we’re looking for you to have a NVQ qualification at level 3 or above in a related discipline, like food and beverage services, hospitality, customer service. You’ll also naturally need to be able to cook and prepare meals. You’ll also need to have a Level 3 qualification in supervising food safety, along with excellent culinary skills, and excellent food and beverage product knowledge, along with an understanding of key nutritional matters What we will give you At Northumbrian Water we want you to be the best you can be and we also want you to feel it’s a great place to work. Frequently people spend their career with us, some because they’ve found their niche, others because of the opportunities to progress through the organisation. We’re the great company we are because of our people and as our way of saying thanks, we offer a wide range of benefits and discounts to take advantage of including; buying and selling holidays, discounts and cashback offers, free fishing and cycle2work. About us Northumbrian Water is more than just a water company. We are one team, fulfilling many roles, working together to ensure our customers have clean, fresh, running water, whilst providing great customer service, protecting the environment, and supporting local communities. We Live Water, all our amazing people are helping us become the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and waste water services. Closing date: 26 March 2020 Open to internal and external candidates This job was originally posted as www.caterer.com/job/89849428