Head Chef

If you are a customer focused individual and want to join a fun and family orientated food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression, then we have a role for you!

We are currently recruiting for a Head Chef. This is a great opportunity to join a world leading facilities management company. 

Working Pattern:

• 37.5 Hours per week 
• Monday to Friday 
• 7am - 3pm
• No evenings or weekends

​​​​​Rewards:

• 28 days’ paid holidays (pro rata)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Training & Development
• Uniform Provided
• Free Onsite Parking
• Company Events
• Financial Education/Financial wellbeing advisory service
• Voluntary Private Healthcare Scheme 
• Employee Assistance Program to support your health & wellbeing 

​​​​​​The Role:

• You are a Chef that can produce great-tasting food, challenge standards, and ensure quality and consistency to company and brand specifications.
• Ensuring the food service achieves maximum efficiency, achieving a high standard of customer satisfaction at all times.
• Working with the General Manager to review menu costings and planning for seasonal business fluctuations
• Ensuring all bookwork is completed within agreed timescales and company requirements.
• Ensuring all HACCP, Food Safety, and Health & Safety Legislation requirements are always adhered to.
• Experience in preparing hot and cold meals, snacks, bakery, and sweets.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, deal with issues as they arise, and contribute in all areas of managing a kitchen and providing great food service.
• Food Hygiene Level 3 qualified.
• Promote and contribute to a harmonious working environment where all employees are treated with respect and dignity.
• Ensure a safe environment is maintained in compliance with health, safety, fire, hygiene, and security legislation and company policies and procedures.

​​​The Person: 

• Attention to detail in all aspects of the work. 
• Experience in a similar role
• Food Hygiene Level 3 qualified
• Leads by example and lives our values.
• Enthusiastic and passionate about our customer service and reputation.
• Self-motivated, working independently and on own initiative.
• Flexible with a positive, can-do attitude.​​​​​
• Basic statutory training for the role will require all candidates to have basic reading, writing, speaking and listening skills to assist in understanding safety and work instructions and communicating with customers on a day-to-day basis. 

The Mount Charles Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. 

Please note, the successful applicant's offer is subject to the Access NI (Enhanced) check prior to commencement of role. The Access NI Code of Practice is available upon request. Mount Charles Group has a policy on recruiting ex-offenders, a copy of which can be provided upon request. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working for the Mount Charles Group.

Due to the number of applicants Mount Charles receives, we only respond to short-listed applicants. If you have not been contacted within six weeks of the closing date, you have not been selected for interview.

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