Executive Head Chef
Job Introduction
This is an exceptional opportunity to develop your culinary career as a senior Chef in a high profile contract. We are currently looking to recruit a talented Executive Head Chef to oversee the catering and hospitality operation for the prestigious Wycombe Abbey School.
Role Responsibility
- Lead the delivery and production of the daily student feeding operation, producing a fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner offering for up to 600 students.
- Deliver a high quality hospitality offering which includes prestigious functions and dinners, producing an innovative fine dining offering.
- Oversee the management of a large brigade, providing coaching, development and training when required.
- The engineering of menus and food innovation for the school, ensuring that we deliver a fresh and nutritional offering
- Ensure that we deliver food and service that is of a high standard and meets company and client expectation in accordance with current legislation
- Manage all aspects of Health & Safety and Food Hygiene
- Ensure financial documentation and accountancy of the unit (and those from suppliers) is accurate and within agreed budgeted levels
The Ideal Candidate
- Previous experience in an Executive Head Chef role, teamed with a high level of culinary skill and fine dining experience
- Excellent managerial skills and experience of managing a large catering operation
- Industry acumen and knowledge of external catering developments and innovations
- Good communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels
- Good financial awareness
- Personal innovation and passion for quality food
- Experience working in a standards/compliance environment
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.