Head Chef

The Opportunity

You will be the culinary leader of this fantastic team. You will have a responsibility for the management, training, and development of the team to ensure that they deliver exceptional standards.

Under your leadership & guidance, your team can showcase all your culinary skills and knowledge, in creating memorable guest experiences. Our menu is bursting full of feel-good comfort foods, and healthy options, with a combination of modern British and European cuisine.

You will be instrumental in monitoring portion and waste control ensuring the maintenance of profit margins. Implementing and maintaining the strictest controls of food safety/health & safety to ensure statutory compliance.

As our Head Chef you will lead and develop your passionate team of chefs, and you will play a pivotal part in your chef development. You will share your wealth of knowledge and experience with your chefs and continue to deliver culinary excellence and best practice

Benefits

• Our enviable employee discounts on bedroom rates across our Best Western hotel portfolio.
• Access to 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 access for our employees to call and get support and advice on any issues they may be experiencing.
• Refer a friend scheme from £500 to £1000 per referral.
• Hospital Plan.
• Online Health Portal.
• Eye Care.
• Employee Discount Schemes - 100's of discounts, ranging from groceries, fashion, travel, utilities, days out, and even holidays.
• Pension Scheme.
• Free meals on duty.
• Cycle to Work - Our Cycle2Work schemes from Halfords help all our employees save money and keep fit.

Ideal Candidate

• You will be a foodie - that's a given!
• Will be passionate about delivering outstanding hospitality to our guests whilst demonstrating good food knowledge.
• The ability to lead, motivate and deliver high standards of service with a genuine and approachable manner is essential.
• Will have previous experience as a Head Chef and will be looking for a new and exciting opportunity
• Will have an authentic drive to managing periods of change.
• This hands-on role provides the opportunity to develop your supervisory skills in your interactions with team members.

Hotel

With dramatic seafront views, nothing gets much better than Bournemouth Carlton Hotel, which is part of the Signature Collection By Best Western.

The hotel is right in the heart of town, so when you can tear your eyes away from the beautiful view, then we’re also walking distance to the town centre, to popular attractions such as Bournemouth Oceanarium, BH2 Leisure Complex and Bournemouth International Centre – a hotspot for major conferences and exhibitions.

The property has 76 bedrooms including 16 family bedrooms, including 16 sea view bedrooms. The hotel also has 18 one- and two-bedroom timeshare apartments. Event rooms for wedding parties up to 200, with private gardens and terrace.

The Grill menu is bursting full of feel-good comfort foods, healthy and gluten-sensitive options

About us

We have 46 hotels in our growing UK portfolio,