Head Chef - One Square Restaurant

at  Marriott International Inc

Additional Information £45,000
Job Number 24183578
Job Category Food and Beverage & Culinary
Location Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa Edinburgh, 1 Festival Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom VIEW ON MAP
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? N
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Head Chef to join our award winning kitchen brigade at the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa. The role involves leading our team in One Square, managing a team of 12.

REQUIREMENTS:

We are looking for someone who is ready to take the next step on your career path. Ideally you will have at least 3-4 years’ experience within a 1 or 2 rosette kitchen environment.

Our expectations of you will be that you are able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team and have a strong desire to improve on your skills and knowledge as well as:

• Have experience in working in a multi outlet kitchen operation.
• Assess quality control and adhere to service standards.
• Lead and support the junior members of the team
• Knowledge of all standard procedures and policies pertaining to food preparation, receiving, storage and sanitation.
• Full awareness of all menu items, their recipes, methods of production and presentation standards.
• Support the control of food cost.
• Carry out close liaison with all section of the kitchen in order to ensure smooth and efficient service.
• Ability to produce own work in accordance with a deadline and to assist and encourage others in achieving this aim.
• Menu planning and direction.
• Manage the kitchen team, through department rota’s, training and communication meetings.
• Must possess basic computational ability.

A Head Chef is required to work in our diverse kitchen and that the One Square team serves afternoon teas, Saturday brunch, lunch, dinner, Sunday lunch and small function events in the private dining room. The restaurant serves brasserie style food prepared combining contemporary flavours with traditional and modern techniques whilst using only ingredients of the finest quality. As Head Chef you will be required to lead the main kitchen team in the kitchen, ensuring it is fully prepared for service times whilst also controlling the other chefs working on it.