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Rochdale

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Job summary

Join a proud and family-owned establishment as a Head Chef, leading a talented kitchen team in a vibrant environment. This role offers you the chance to showcase your culinary skills while ensuring kitchen standards are maintained at the highest level. You will inspire your team to create exceptional dishes, manage daily kitchen operations, and contribute to a legacy of nearly 200 years in the brewing and hospitality industry. With great opportunities for career growth and a supportive work culture, this is an exciting chance to make your mark in a respected establishment that values its people and their contributions.

Benefits

Annual profit share

Realistic bonus potential

30% discount on food and drink

50% off food when on shift

Discounted stays in hotels

Wellbeing support

Career growth opportunities

Access to discounts via JW BenefitHub

Qualifications

  • Proven experience in a head chef role with a passion for cooking.
  • Strong leadership skills to mentor and motivate kitchen staff.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the kitchen team ensuring the highest standards of food quality.
  • Maintain stock control and ensure timely delivery of dishes.
  • Mentor team members and innovate new menu specials.

Skills

Leadership

Cooking Skills

Stock Control

Team Motivation

Creativity

Job description

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We are looking for a Head Chef to lead our talented kitchen team.

What we offer our Head Chefs:

  • Annual profit share, ensuring you share in the success of the company.
  • Realistic bonus potential.
  • 30% discount on food and drink across our pubs and inns for you and friends and family.
  • 50% off food when on shift.
  • Discounted stays in our hotels and inns.
  • Wellbeing support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
  • Great opportunities to grow in your role and progress your career.
  • Access to JW BenefitHub, giving you access to a huge range of high street and online discounts.

What a Head Chef does at JW Lees:

  • You’ll be a dedicated and professional leader ensuring that kitchen standards are maintained to the very highest standard.
  • Be passionate about cooking great food and ensuring every dish leaves the kitchen to specification.
  • Ensure that excellent stock control practices are maintained.
  • Motivate your team to perform to the best of their cooking capabilities.
  • Mentor and develop your team, passing on your skills, knowledge, and experience.
  • Be the creative genius behind the in-house specials.
  • You will lay the ground rules and have overall responsibility over daily operations within the kitchen, ensuring you and your team achieve 5* Scores on the doors.
  • Your work will be exemplary and will inspire your team to send the perfect dish on time every time.

About JW Lees:

Proudly family-owned and nearly 200 years old, JW Lees is the original modern, traditional brewer. With 150 pubs, inns, and hotels across the North West and North Wales, we are passionate about great beer, fantastic food, and memorable experiences.

We put people at the heart of our business, always doing the right thing and always sticking together. Our six values are at the heart of everything we do:

Proud - Savvy - Honest - Passionate - Personal - Together

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