Head Chef - Birmingham

About us...

At Cairn Group we’re ambitious. With a varied and extensive portfolio of hotels, bars and restaurants, we’re focused on continual growth and are in it for the long haul. We invest in our properties and our employees.

We are a family owned business with family values at our core. With a growing team and sites UK wide, we are now looking for a dedicated and experienced Head Chef at Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre.

About the role...

As Head Chef you will be responsible for maximising profit from all food produced and served by creating and sourcing great products and menus using local and seasonal produce together with strong control of costs.   You will also be responsible for delivering outstanding menus and exceptional dishes.

This must be achieved in the context of improving customer satisfaction and repeat purchase, through delivery of consistently high standards of menu, produce, cooking processes and dish presentation.

A key goal will be to develop a strong reputation for the restaurant and develop/retain and recruit a highly motivated team whilst exceeding the annual target for food profit contribution.

Management of the kitchen team and control of all food safety procedures are also of the utmost importance.

About you...

The successful candidate must deliver the right balance of kitchen management skills and passion to serve exceptional dishes.

You must have successful experience as Head Chef/Senior Sous in a 4-5 star, 1-2 rosette, or equivalent role and ideally experience of producing Italian Cuisine dishes.

You must also have experience of managing and motivating a team of chefs, budget management experience in terms of food and costs control and knowledge and understanding of sourcing excellent seasonal produce, supplier relationships, rota management, food, menu and labour cost control.

You must hold appropriate professional qualifications for the role and have HACCP knowledge.

We can offer…

Bonus Scheme

Pension scheme

Retail and travel discounts

Childcare Vouchers

Cycle 2 Work scheme

IHG Rewards Scheme

Recruit a friend Scheme

Star of the Month Awards

Corporate Discounts

Welcoming working environment

Induction and training programme