Head Chef

Rockfish Exmouth have an opening for an Head Chef. This is a great time to join our award winning business, voted TOP 50 BEST COMPANIES to work for and TOP 10 HOSPITALITY COMPANIES to work for!!!

The salary for this role is £37k per annum basic salary with a £2k bonus after 12 months service, takes the package value to £47k when including tronc, gratuities and overtime.

You will be required to have at least one years’ experience at Head Chef level within a restaurant environment.

Benefits

-          Christmas off! We close Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing Day!

-           Reduced working hours to 40hrs in the winter and 48hrs in the summer

-          We close early on Sunday in the winter to allow everyone down time

-          Birthdays off, additional to your holiday allowance

-          Paid Overtime

-          A generous share of gratuities and tips

-          Discretionary bonus schemes for management levels

-          Company pension scheme to help you save for your future

-          Access to Rockfish paddleboards, to relax and enjoy for free

-          Competitions and incentives along the way

-          Generous paid refer a friend Scheme £££

-          50% off all food when you dine at any Rockfish Restaurant

The role

As Head Chef you will oversee a team of chefs ensuring food is prepared to a high standard, building a strong relationship with our front of house teams to deliver exceptional levels of service to all our guests.

You will manage stock effectively and respectfully to minimise wastage and control labour in line with budgets to ensure financial KPIs are met.

You will coach and inspire your team to fulfil their full potential ensuring you and your team embrace our core values, ‘Care, Community and Connection’.

As a new Rockfish Head Chef, you will be supported by structured training before you start in your restaurant, and we continuously develop your skills for a fulfilling career with Rockfish.

If you love coastal life, are passionate about food and the ocean, would like to be part of an energetic team with a positive culture, who do the right thing running award winning restaurants - we look forward to hearing from you.

Our restaurants are set in the most beautiful coastal locations across Devon and Dorset, so our guests will feel connected to the incredible fresh seafood that we serve.

Our chefs get to work with the best sustainable seafood, MSC certified or caught and managed in the Southwest of England, direct from our Brixham fish market.

With a number of new restaurants due to open in 2025, this is a great time to become part of our Rockfish story.

We are committed to supporting our local community where possible we aim to recruit locally within a 20-mile radius of your restaurants and we strive to be a Company that is inclusive in terms of age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and to create an environment where everyone, from any background, can be happy at work.