Head Chef About us:The Kings head, based in Winchmore Hill (North London), is one of the flag ship food sites of Youngs.co, with a stunning dining room with open kitchen, garden and second floor dining area (or function space).We have a well established kitchen team of 10, who are driven to make the Kings Head the best gastro pub within the area.We are now looking for a leader, to take the Kings head to the next level.As we are a high volume site, we are only looking for Head chefs with experience in menu development, costings, controlling GP% and developing sales.What we offer our Head Chefs: Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specialsAccess to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development ProgrammesAccess to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and ShellfishAccess to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliersRegular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and developFree meals20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotelsShare save SchemeEnhanced Company Pension Scheme28 Days Holiday per year What we look for in a Head Chef: This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business. Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous ChefDemonstrate a passion for leading and developing a teamBe an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skillsBe responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all timesBe able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specialsDemonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labourHave a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams