Club House Chef

at  Brooklands Museum Trust

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Brooklands Museum is the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, and the home of Concorde. Located on the 30-acre site of the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit and the most productive aircraft factories in Europe in the twentieth century, Brooklands Museum welcomes over 185,000 visitors each year these are made up of members of the public, Brooklands Members, VIPs, corporate hospitality guests and school groups.
Brooklands Museum is a unique and special place to work, where people’s pursuit of speed, flight and adventure changed the world! We have ambitious plans to fulfil our vision: Inspiring people to shape the future through Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour. As we are a visitor attraction, our priority is delivering a memorable and inspiring experience for all visitors and ensuring we meet our commitment of ‘Brooklands at its best, every day’. So, no matter what role you join us in, you will have a very important part to play in this.
We are currently looking for a Full Time Clubhouse Chef, reporting to our Catering & Hospitality Manager, to lead the day to day kitchen operation, producing top quality food and managing kitchen staff. The role predominantly will be to fulfil the members bar catering, Concorde specialist lunches and occasional dinners, our midweek conference offers, and event day site catering. You will also be creating menus for packages alongside the catering and Hospitality manager, maintaining strong cost effective planning across all menus, reducing wastage across the kitchens and utilising the best produce and suppliers. You will be responsible for maintaining our 5* hygiene rating with continual support and training of the kitchen team, keeping all compliance records up to date.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in high numbered catering and bespoke a la carte dining events, with experience in running fast paced kitchen operations. You will have a good understanding of ingredients, menus, costings and planning along with good attention to detail and a flexible adaptable approach. You will be able to proactively engage the teams along with maintaining training on kitchen systems and processes and paperwork as required.
The role is full time working 48 hours on a 5 out of 7 rota basis to suit our business needs. Weekend and Bank Holiday working required including New Year’s Day and Museum event days.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply via our recruitment website where you will find the full job description and further information about working at Brooklands Museum. You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your experience could help us in this role and how you meet the requirements of our person specification. Please keep your covering letter to no more than two sides of A4.
The hiring manager will review all applications once the role has closed on the 7th August 2024 and we will be in touch with shortlisted candidates regarding an interview shortly after this date.

Please refer the Job description for details