Executive Chef UK – London -Canary Wharf Based
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
More about the role:
Achieve exceptional food standards consistently across employee dining and hospitality.
Continuously find opportunities to immerse yourself and your team in the London and regional food scene, through stages, tours and competitions and to be able to identify and deliver new innovations and improvements.
Broad knowledge and passion for a wide range of food cultures/concepts and experience of creating seasonal, fresh, current, brilliant dishes.
Promote wellbeing through menu design and initiatives including our 'Ways To Be Well' programme.
Be an active participant in the wider Restaurant Associates culinary community, through supporting with concept development and implementing new Restaurant Associates food concepts in unit.
Liaise with Foodbuy to ensure planet friendly procurement opportunities are maximised including sourcing locally, reducing packaging and purchasing responsibly.
Manage and reduce food wastage process nationally.
Champion plant-forward eating through quality dishes and menu design.
Introduce and manage initiatives to support goal of achieving net zero by 2030.
Lead with client conversations and reporting on sustainability matters as required.
Ensures food is purchased from correct supply chain to maximise GP.
Oversees stocktaking, ensure goods receipting processes are correctly followed, food is stored and prepped to prevent wastage, par levels are appropriate when considering business levels
Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of allergens, food safety and hygiene, health and safety, COSHH, HACCP, RIDDOR and relevant audits, EHO, CSC etc.
To create a kitchen environment with purpose where our team are inspired to continually strive to deliver excellence and improve.
Actively promote a diverse and inclusive work environment where our team feel they belong, are valued, listened to and given equal opportunity to develop their careers. Who you are:
Is able to demonstrate excitement for food.
Innovative and creative.
Passionate about protecting our planet.
Communication.
People management.
Financial awareness.
Commercial approach to menu creation.
A team player who guides, develops and supports their team.
Calm, courteous and professional.
IT Literate.
Able to prioritise and work under pressure.
Must be able to maintain standards, follow procedures and keep the team on track. What you'll be doing:
Executive Chef – UK , Canary Wharf based.
Competitive
Monday – Friday
Founded in New York 59 years ago,Restaurant Associatesbrings high quality employee dining and hospitality to some of the UK's leading workplaces. We believe in the power of food and drink to bring people together, whether in a restaurant or speciality café, to inspire them to do great things at work.
Our food is crafted onsite by passionate people using the best ingredients and we know that a balanced, plant focused, natural, fresh and sustainable menu will increase the productivity of our customers and keep them motivated and happy whilst at work.
We provide amazing food, create inviting spaces, and develop engaging environments that inspire, motivate and unite our customers.
We are looking for an Executive Chef for one of our topUK Accounts to passionately lead the food culture across the estate to deliver excellence through planet friendly choices, creativity, consistency, seasonality, nutrition and ultimately delicious food.
Lead with sustainability initiatives to deliver client and company goals including prioritising achieving net zero by 2030 and ensuring environmental responsibility in embedded in our culinary DNA daily.
To recruit, train, develop, motivate and retain the best possible culinary talent.
To strengthen client relationships through the power of 'food experiences' including, community, cooking classes, educational opportunities and contributing at senior client meetings
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