Executive Development Chef - Monday- Friday

Job Details

At Vacherin we celebrate diversity and embrace individuality. We genuinely like the people we work with, and love coming together to reset , refresh and have fun. We empower our people through togetherness , we give them the chance to shine and unlock their potential, and they fuel our strength and growth.

Are you passionate about food ,drink and service ,want to be part of an award-winning hospitality team- and still make it home for dinner? We are looking for an Executive Development Chef to work with us in sites in London.

Location: Zones 1-2 London

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week - Monday - Friday - 7am to 3.30pm - flexibility is required

About the role:

• To work with the Director of Food & Operations Directors to ensure day to day operational effectiveness. It is a 100% customer focused role. Understanding individual sites, clients and customers preferences and ensuring the food offer is bespoke to them specifically whilst always maintaining Vacherin food ethos & core standards. Ensuring quality is paramount every day.

Key Responsibilities:

Food Development

• Oversee the Development support chefs & delegate project work.
• Working with the Director of Food & development team to implementing food concepts into Vacherin contracts.
• Work with Director of food to ensure Vacherin’s healthy eating concept is on trend and delivers in line with healthy eating and wellbeing standards.
• In partnership with the Executive Development Chef- Systems & compliance to ensure the sites have the correct working tools to do their job.

Craft

• To work with the Director of food to identify training & development needed within Vacherin kitchens.
• Ownership of the chef apprenticeship program.
• Create and deliver training workshops and on the spot training as and when necessary

Recruitment

• You are not responsible for but should assist with retail Head Chef recruitment. Ensuring that a member of the development team has tasted the candidate’s food.

Marketing

• Work with the marketing team to develop marketing and conceptual ideas through to delivery.
• In tandem with the Development team, strategically plan and implement group level marketing and food campaigns into the business.

Procurement

• Working with Director of Food to continuously look at all supply chains making sure the company has all supply requirements necessary to outperform the market.

Sales

• Support on sales pitches and presentations.
• Co-ordinate retail showcases for sales presentations.

Mobilisations

• Working with the director of Food to mobilise any new contract/ existing contracts, except for hospitality only sites.

Health & Safety

• Ensure all kitchens in your group deliver to the required BV hygiene levels, reporting any negligence or issues to the site OD.

Finance

• Support all Exec / Head chefs in achieving their set GPs & client budgets.

Our Ideal Candidate:

* We are looking for candidates with B&I experience and development chef experience

What's in it for you?

Working with Vacherin has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includesAnnual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days

• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and peopleawards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

Vacherin officially formed part of CH&CO Catering Group Ltd in 2021.

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