Kitchen Manager - Production Kitchen - London

Kitchen Manager

Day shifts only in our London production kitchen

£35,000 to £40,000 per year with a potential bonus structure TBC

We are looking for an experience production kitchen manager to lead a brigade of 4 chefs in supporting the fresh food menu’s to our high street cafe’s. We are an established brand, a brunch cafe only open days serving healthy fresh food and drink; an independant brand with a passion for hospitality, delivering great food and gust experience.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

• All shifts between 7am - 5pm, no double shifts. 
• We require you to be fully flexible, however ideally only one weekend shift supporting your team.
• Working in a professional brigade of 4/5 chefs.
• Opportunities for growth and development within our fast-growing company with three openings ahead.
• 20 days annual holiday entitlement. (pro rata)
• Pay will be hourly through probation, after successful review we would move to a basic salary package.
• 50% discount in all Farm Girl sites.

WHO ARE WE:

We started with a simple aim of serving London’s best healthy food & coffee all under one very stylish roof. We have two fantastic high street cafes and a new concept offering a fast, fresh take away offer in three locations with growth ahead. Independently owned, the senior team are hands-on and driven to be values-led, employ great people and deliver a great guest experience. The kitchen manager opportunity will lead the production kitchen and have an integral responsibility in supporting a growing business.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Encourage an enthusiastic, engaged, and open approach to food and great service. 
• Lead your team from the front, hands-on and be the example of what good looks like.
• Set a professional example to all staff, emphasising quality and efficiency and maintain a good working atmosphere within the café.
• Always training and developing your team to a high standard.
• Review your team and support individual development needs.
• Communicate well with your team underpinned by robust process, checklist and day to day responsibilities/actions. 
• Ensure the kitchen maintains the highest levels of cleanliness, organisation and hygiene at all times.
• Efficient ordering and communication with both suppliers and our kitchen team to ensure sufficient daily stock.
• Understand and upkeep current health and safety and licensing legislation and communicate this to your team.
• Creating rota's, approving timesheets, weekly Head Chef meetings, shipping/accepting orders in Apicbase. 
• Apicbase is our day to day kitchen management software and you would need to understand this.
• Wastage and stock rotation.

YOUR EXPERIENCE:

• You will have excellent communication skills & experience in people management in a diverse team of at least 5 chefs.
• You will have experience in a similar role, ideally in production kitchen and demonstrate how you have achieved year on year.
• You will have a thoughtful career, talk through how you have developed from role to role.
• You will have built strong relationships and moved from previous roles on good terms supported by strong references.

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