WANTED: HEAD CHEF FOR THE GOOD EGG’S NEW Soho RESTAURANT
Would you like to be the Head Chef at one of London’s most popular restaurants? Do you enjoy the challenge of leading a busy kitchen team? Do you have stamina, passion and a love for exceptional food prepared using fresh, seasonal and sustainable ingredients?
For two years now, The Good Egg has been serving up delicious Israeli- and New York Deli-inspired brunch and small plates designed to get guests sharing at its Stoke Newington neighbourhood spot. The restaurant’s reputation as one of London's top eateries continues to have eager customers queuing up to two hours for brunch at the weekends, and an evening dinner service that’s often fully booked well in advance.
We have a strong team of chefs at our Stoke Newington restaurant, who collectively have worked previously at places like Ottolenghi, Mission E2, Hix, The Palomar, Berber and Q and The Marksman. Our brunch and dinner menus are devised entirely in-house and provide plenty of opportunity for hands-on dish development and creative cheffing. We’re a fast-growing business and envisage that the successful Head Chef will grow with us as we move forward.
We’re looking for a Head Chef with lots of ambition and enthusiasm to join the team at our new site at central London’s exclusive Kingly Court venue, just off Soho’s Carnaby Street. Our Head Chef needs to balance consistent food quality with good financial performance, combining all this with excellent people-management skills to ensure a happy and hard-working kitchen team and a good relationship with the Front of House team.
Previous experience as a Head Chef in a busy, quality-driven company – as well as experience in successfully opening a new restaurant – will put you at an advantage.
Job Specifics
Position: Head Chef
Salary: Up to £33,000 p/a plus bonus
Benefits: For eligible employees we have a company pension scheme plus an employee benefits package with free phone insurance, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme and many more discounts, benefits and offers. Staff also receive 50% off in all our restaurants.
Essential skills/experience:
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to deal with challenges on the spot;
• A desire to constantly seek ways of improving your own and your team’s performance, through effective people- and systems-management;
• The ability to run a busy kitchen that serves up to around 110 covers per hour.
General Duties:
• Being responsible for managing dry stock levels and producing weekly General Practitioner reports;
• Recruiting and managing a kitchen team (in conjunction with the General Manager);
• Ensuring the smooth running of the kitchen during service and in between;
• Maintaining high standards of kitchen health and safety and hygiene.
Send us your CV and tell us why you think you’re perfect for the role.