Head Chef/Kitchen Manager

Job Introduction

As a Head Chef/Kitchen Manager at Sodexo in GSK House Brentford, you’re also a team player and food waste saver. Your passion for food and organizational excellence will lead an entire food and beverage production. This is a chance to make a positive impact, all while getting an opportunity to advance your career with a global leader in services! Join Sodexo and be part of something greater. You belong in a team where you can act with purpose and thrive in your own way.

We are currently looking to recruit an excellent and experienced hands-on Head Chef/Kitchen Manager to join a key client of ours in their global corporate headquarters. This is a really exciting opportunity; you will ooze passion to deliver exceptional customer service that builds valuable long-term relationships with colleagues, customers and clients.  You’ll be an inspirational leader who loves getting the best from your team and supporting them to be the best they can be.  

At Sodexo GSK House, we believe the food should always be the hero; it should be prepared with love, presented with care, and be consistently delicious.  We are looking for a Head Chef/Kitchen Manager who brings excitement, energy and passion to work every day and can get the best from their teams and deliver financial success.

You will join our dedicated catering team, who produce outstanding food using the finest and freshest ingredients in this highly innovative corporate environment. We put our dedication to fabulous food in the spotlight to showcase what our talented team can do!

The Ideal candidate will have proven experience in a similar environment. This role is not purely culinary and offers a varied workload so you will be happy to split your work and have excellent organisational and time management skills.

Role Responsibility

What you’ll do:

• Work in partnership with the Food Lead to deliver high quality food and coffee to the brand standard. 
• Team management
• Oversee the menu and quality of food served across all services including coffee shops, restaurants, hospitality and bespoke client dinners / events 
• Manage the food P&L within the agreed budgets and forecasts. 
• Control all costs including labour, expenses and cash purchases
• Plan ahead to meet business and customer demands. 
• Analyse daily production, sales and wastage records (online and in kitchen records) to plan and forecast production for future menu cycles  

For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description

The Ideal Candidate

What you bring:

• Consistent relevant experience in blue chip organisation
• P&L experience
• Strong financial awareness and understanding of budgets
• Good communication skills
• Able to manage teams of people whilst being a team player
• Impeccable culinary skills
• Client customer communication skills, with the ability to develop long term relationships
• Passion for food and service delivery
• Competent IT skills

Package Description

£40,000pa - £45,000pa dependent on exp + excellent bonus & benefits

Location: GSK House, Brentford

Permanent

Work Pattern – 40 hrs pw Monday to Friday with flexibility essential to meet business demands

What we offer:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater. You’ll belong in a company and team that values you for you; you’ll act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions; and you’ll be able to thrive in your own way. In addition, we offer:

• Flexible and dynamic work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Access to ongoing training and development programs
• Countless opportunities to grow within the company
• Full training

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.  

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. 

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