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Head Chef

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Job Introduction

Are you a Head Chef with a passion for delivering high quality food?

Sodexo Corporate Services are recruiting a Head Chef to join our client site in Belfast.

As Head Chef, you will innovate with fresh exciting food choices and pop up concepts that will engage the clients employee’s.

You will also develop a high performance craft team, through coaching and mentoring in the workplace, to deliver consistent high standards of food quality and service.

 

 

Role Responsibility

  • Developing the skills set of the existing craft team
  • Improving Motivation and morale to create a high performance team
  • Managing the quality of Food and service across all services
  • Communication with Catering Staff on all shifts
  • Engaging employees in the food offer, through a robust sales and marketing plan.
  • Managing Food costs in line with budget
  • Creating and managing a safe working environment
  • Managing a fast efficient service in the peak periods of service daily
     

The Ideal Candidate

  • A passion for using local, fresh produce to create flavor-some dishes in line with current food trends
  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
  • Bakery Skills / Experience
  • Experience in motivation and creating passion in a craft team
  • Menu planning and Costing experience
  • Ability to plan work schedules for a busy craft team
  • Ability to manage quality across a number of services
  • Ability to ensure that every dish is checked to ensure quality standards are achieved
  • Coaching / Mentoring experience
  • The ability to innovate and lead on food trends

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.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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