Head Chef

Head Chef 

About us:

We are looking for a head chef for our food-destination pub in St Margarets.   We are a high volume food pub, with a strong trade throughout the week as well as weekends.  We're looking for a Head Chef to put their stamp on our fresh, seasonal menu and work with our crack team of chefs to deliver incredible food to our guests.  

At The Crown we’re extremely passionate about delivering consistently outstanding customer service, at the heart of this philosophy is ensuring we as a team have fun and create a warm welcoming atmosphere for all our guests.
The Crown is one of TW’s finest watering holes. Our pub and restaurant are ideally located in St. Margaret’s, just a mile away from Twickenham Rugby Stadium and a stone’s throw from Marble Hill Park.

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Head Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams