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Are you a talented Chef seeking that special job opportunity? Then take a look!
Position: Head Chef
Employer: Fine dining Indian restaurant
Location: West Hampstead, London
Salary: ranging from £32,500 to £35,000
Bonus: Outstanding performance based monthly bonus opportunity.
Working days / hours: up to 40 to 50 hours within a 5 day week.
Benefits: 28 days paid holiday (pro rata), employer’s pension contribution, Chef’s uniform and meals on duty.
Prospects: Salary review; promotion and great future prospects for exceptional performance and commitment;
We specialise in placing skilled chefs like you into attractive jobs in Asian cuisine establishments throughout UK. These include luxury fine dining, casual dining, gourmet multi cuisine buffet and street food restaurant concepts and specialist craft food sectors who choose Goldstar Chefs to find them quality Chefs and hospitality staff. We also source Chefs for prestige event catering organisations and private family residences.
Are you a creative, passionate and dedicated Chef? Do you have outstanding skills? Do you want to be better recognised and appreciated for your skills and experience? Is it time for a better quality of work life? Are you ready for a fresh opportunity to progress your career and earn more money? Great, then YOU could be the outstanding individual we are looking for to do AMAZING work for an established well known fine dining Indian restaurant based in West Hampstead, London.
You will have the required level of skills and knowledge for overseeing the preparation, cooking and finishing complex made to order authentic dishes. You will be head of recipe creation and management, and be required to devise complex marinades, concentrated stock, herb and Spice blends, and ingredient fusions.
You will be in charge of a team of Chefs, and lead in the planning of range of made to order specialist dishes from our established menus, and work in conjunction with other Chefs and Culinary Designer. You will be in charge of all kitchen management and running the pass. You will be responsible for management of food and ingredient supplies, and related budgetary controls and targets. You will also be training and supervising junior chefs.
Further duties will include monitoring and management of food waste, negotiating with suppliers on price, quality, availability and delivery of supplies, and dealing with main stock ordering, rotation quality checks, implementing and ensuring compliance of hygiene and health and safety guidelines. You will also regulate and monitor food temperatures, and assist in cost analysis and review, and preparing reports and schedules, performing key duties as assigned.
To qualify for selection you must have the following minimum requirements: -

Eligibility to live and work in UK
High level culinary creativity and competency in preparation of authentic North and South Indian cuisines.
Adept at handling, care and maintenance of specialist ethnic food preparation equipment.

In addition you should also be:-

Hands on, task orientated and resourceful.
Customer and business focused
Performance, achievement and results driven.
Able to work well with other members of staff.
Able to command respect of management and colleagues.
Display leadership, and be motivational and inspirational to junior staff.
Possessed with pleasing personality and positive attitude.
Willing to assume responsibility
Creative and passionate about authentic regional Indian cuisine.
Willing to do related tasks
A hardworking, fastidious and conscientious individual with high standards of self-presentation and orderliness.
Self-confident with good self-image
Fast paced and be able to work under pressure whilst maintaining agility and composure.

So are you all of the above? YES? Then you are the person for the job!
So don't hang around. Send us your CV NOW with as much detail about yourself as possible and we'll get back to you!
Please also attach a full profile of yourself including any reference letters, menus and food pictures of dishes you have created.
This job is also open to eligible non EEA skilled migrants who are presently in UK, however Home Office Visas and Immigration (UKVI) policy guidance stipulates we must attempt to recruit UK/EEA settled workers in the local labour market before offering job to a non EEA migrant.
Please note responses to this vacancy must be by EMAIL ONLY. Please do NOT send by post. Please ensure you attach your CV with a covering email letter to the email address give. Due to expected volume of responses, we are unable to deal with phone enquires. We will contact short listed candidates by phone or email for interviewing arrangements.
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