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Holdens & Co is a family-owned and run artisan ice cream and café, and deli business who have been making award-winning dairy ice cream since 1929.
If you enjoy working for an entrepreneurial business and love the buzz of working in a fast-paced environment, but like to have your evenings free for family and fun? Read on.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Head Chef to take ownership of the food development for our Café and food to go offer at Holdens & Co. You will be responsible for creating, costing, and implementing the café and Food to go offer at our Whalley and Abbey Village sites.
You will be required to support the busy kitchen operations in our Whalley Café, and establish Whalley Café as a foodie destination.
Whats in it for you?
- Competitive salary, £33-37K depending on skills and experience
- Performance-related bonus linked to the achievement of GP
- Good work-life balance no split shifts and only occasional evenings
- Free meals when youre working
- Friendly, family working environment
- Pension scheme never too early to look to those later years
- Time to relax over the festive period Christmas Day and Boxing Day in addition to 26 days of annual leave
If you are passionate about creating great food that will put Holdens & Co on the map as a foodie destination and enjoy having the autonomy to bring new ideas to life in a growing independent business, then we want to hear from you.This role will report to the General Manager and have a dotted line to the Operational Director/ co-owner of the business.
Key responsibilities
Development of seasonal and core menu and food to go range
Ensuring you deliver the best quality food to every customer
Ensuring the right structure and skills in the kitchen
Managing stock, food safety standards, product quality, and training and developing the kitchen team.
What Youll Have
Experience in leading a busy kitchen environment, motivating a small team
Experience of menu costing, creating menu specifications
Passion for Food and creating exciting and innovative dishes
Appetite for problem solving, forward planning, and working at pace
Knowledge of food safety management in a busy kitchen environment
Exceptional standards of attention to detail
If you think this could be the role for you, then we would love to hear from you. Please send your CV with a handwritten letter explaining why you are the ideal candidate to (lucy at holdensandco.com)
