This is a great opportunity to join a well-established hotel that would suit a Senior Sous Chef / Head Chef that is looking for long- term stability. Creative and ambitious, you will take the offering to a new level with the ability to consistently produce high quality food for a busy community restaurant and events business.
As Head Chef you will control a successfully operating, team focused kitchen, where excellent food quality and presentation is delivered consistently. You will lead, inspire and develop your brigade and create a happy working environment within our family culture.
What Are You All About?
You must be passionate about food and delivering amazing hospitality to our customers. You are an experienced, forward thinking and dynamic Chef with talent and flair – You are a real leader who can hold their nerve in a busy kitchen and you have the right personality to develop and inspire your team.
Interested? So What Are We All About?
In challenging times, Parklands remains steadfast and rock solid. Parklands has a reputation within East Renfrewshire for delivering outstanding customer service, award winning, stunning food in both the restaurant and in banqueting. Key to what we do is food. We strive to be the best and with awards to prove it, we aim to stay on top. Your journey starts here. We will reward you, invest in you and above all, provide you with an excellent work/life balance.

What Your Role will involve:

• Inspiring and managing the kitchen brigade, motivate the team and share knowledge, training and developing chefs within the team.
• Ensuring the highest standards of food preparation and presentation.
• Menu design and creating menu specifications to ensure consistency of dishes and be in control of food costs.
• Being responsible for various administrative and financial tasks such as menu planning, costing, budgeting and creating staff rotas.
• You will be responsible together with your team, for maintain high standards of cleanliness in the kitchen and compliance to EHO requirements at all times.

As the ideal Chef you must have:

• Experience in a high volume, fast - paced, quality establishment
• A proven track record in menu design, implementation, planning, recruitment and training
• Experience with banqueting operations and a flair for menu influences
• Great organisational and people skills
• Excellent attention to detail, be an excellent communicator, and a hands-on manager
• The ability to empower the team, develop and coach to unleash their potential and to build succession
• Menus include a la carte, Market menus, Sunday lunch, and daily specials allowing us the opportunity to showcase the best Scottish produce

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: Up to £40,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Tips

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Glasgow G77 6DT: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Experience:

• Chef: 5 years (required)
• Sous Chef: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In perso

• Inspiring and managing the kitchen brigade, motivate the team and share knowledge, training and developing chefs within the team.
• Ensuring the highest standards of food preparation and presentation.
• Menu design and creating menu specifications to ensure consistency of dishes and be in control of food costs.
• Being responsible for various administrative and financial tasks such as menu planning, costing, budgeting and creating staff rotas.
• You will be responsible together with your team, for maintain high standards of cleanliness in the kitchen and compliance to EHO requirements at all times