Société : County Hotel Lieu : Newcastle upon Tyne England
As HeadChef, you will ensure the smooth running of the Kitchen and ensure guest satisfaction by providing the highest food quality consistent with cost control and profitability margins of the hotel kitchens.
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Your responsibilities will include:
Kitchen Total accountability for the day-to-day running of the kitchens in service ensuring that you are frontline in the venue.
Ensure correct preparation and delivery time food for restaurants including breakfast, afternoon tea, bars, meetings & events, and in-room dining, across both venues Coordinate the operation of the kitchens with other food and beverage departments Manage all activities in the kitchens, including production, stewarding, and management of colleagues Monitor and facilitate communication between kitchen production and food & beverage colleagues Complete and keep up-to-date department Standard Operating Procedures and Policies Train and ensure colleagues are kept abreast of new food production techniques Undertake recruitment as and when required Menus Actively participate in the ongoing management, development, and costing of menus In conjunction with the General Manager, manage the review, selection, determination of specifications, and pricing of proposed menus Conduct formal tasting as part of new recipe development and product testing regularly Develop guest/market-oriented menus, and change menus regularly to reflect local, seasonal, and national trends Quality Maintain product consistency by conducting inspections of seasonings, portions, and food appearance Monitor and maintain consistent food standards and quality across all areas and during all stages of production and supply Follow up on guest satisfaction, measure results, and establish strategies to improve food quality Costs & Inventory Achieve food budget cost of sales, ensuring minimum wastage Ensure equipment breakages are recorded and controlled to a minimum Ensure all menus are costed accurately and prices and portions are offered in accordance with food and beverage profit objectives Make suggestions for sales promotions with the senior team to increase sales Purchase all food and food-related products using company-nominated suppliers Oversee inventory disbursement of all food supplies Undertake and facilitate monthly stock takes in conjunction with stocktakers and managing the food cost Ensure equipment and supplies needed to perform the role and provide the quality expected are purchased Food Safety / Health & Safety Understand and comply with all current Health and Safety legislation and Food Hygiene legislation, and be conversant with the rules contained therein Ensure the companys Health and Safety Policy is fully promoted and arrangements have been made to carry out the policy Manage the HACCP procedure according to the companys Food Safety Management document and comply with food hygiene regulation Ensure food day dotting is carried out as per HACCP Ensure that weekly/monthly/annual H&S audits are undertaken timely and issues addressed immediately Ensure adequate cleaning is carried out as per the cleaning schedule Arrange COSHH training as required Ensure all Kitchen colleagues are trained in appropriate food hygiene and mandatory levels Ensure quality control measures and hygiene systems are always achieved Maintain all equipment within the kitchen operation Notify the Engineering Department regarding engineer call outs for all repairs on catering equipment Person Specification Be friendly, smiley, sociable, and welcoming to our customers, to create a great atmosphere Remain calm, patient, and polite, if receiving customer feedback Be helpful and go out of your way to help our customers Be confident and self-motivated, demonstrate a passionate commitment to the business Welcome and embrace change, with a positive attitude Be honest and reliable, trustworthy, and respectful Be immaculately dressed Maintain excellent time-keeping and attendance Be always professional Work together with the team to ensure that the business is the best it can be Be able to communicate well with people of all levels Supervise, train, and develop others Support, encourage and motivate others Look for opportunities to improve areas of the business Communicate clearly to colleagues and customers Gain commitment of others by using own knowledge Benefits Salary £34k per year Bonus Tronc Employee Discount Company Pension CountyHotel NewcastleuponTyneEngland
