What's the opportunity?
As Head Chef / Kitchen Manager, you'll take ownership of the kitchen, leading your team to deliver consistently great food while identifying opportunities to grow sales, improve performance and make the most of our busy carvery trade.
The carvery is at the heart of The Star, so previous carvery experience would be a real advantage. You'll understand what it takes to deliver a smooth, well-organised service, maintain food quality and keep customers coming back for more.
You'll be responsible for:
Leading, motivating and developing the kitchen team to deliver their best.
Taking ownership of our busy three-meat carvery and ensuring consistently high food quality and presentation.
Managing kitchen operations across carvery, breakfast and the wider pub menu.
Driving kitchen sales and identifying opportunities to grow the food business significantly.
Working towards our ambitious goal of almost doubling kitchen sales over the next year.
Managing stock, ordering, waste and kitchen costs to support strong GP performance.
Maintaining excellent food safety, hygiene and allergen standards.
Planning rotas and organising the kitchen to meet customer demand and busy trading periods.
Developing your team through coaching, training and clear expectations.
Working closely with the General Manager and wider team to improve the overall customer experience.
Bringing fresh ideas, energy and commercial thinking to help take the business forward.
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