Title:  Head Chef

Your Aramark journey starts here

Do you love working as part of a team in a busy environment?
Do you love making food that puts a smile on peoples faces?
Are you a confident leader and looking for a new kitchen to demonstrate your talent in?
If so, we have a job for you!
Aramark UK are currently recruiting a Head Chef to work with our team at Claro Barracks, Ripon, HG4 2RD

What’s in it for you 

• An annual salary of £30,388.46
• Full time – 40 hours a week, 5 days over 7 
• Free on site parking
• Free uniform provided
• NEST pension contribution and Life insurance 
• Generous holiday entitlement which increases after 3 full years service 
• Cycle to work / Refer a friend scheme
• A wide range of perks including MyStaffShop discounts (save money on your weekly supermarket shop!), Nest pension, Life assurance, online e-learning and much more!

What you’ll be doing

• Preparing and serving food to the highest standard
• Menu planning
• Management of a small team of chefs and FOH staff; manage staff rotas
• Organising and supporting your team to ensure a smooth operation daily
• Producing food in line with the recipe sheets; full knowledge of all menu items served
• Organising monthly stock count and conduct appropriate brand standard audits
• Support the effective delivery of special functions or events 
• Ensuring that we deliver high quality service to the mess members and other military personnel
• Management of production and food levels to ensure minimal wastage
• Placing orders and keeping records of any stock wastage
• Completing all shift opening and closing checklists and due diligence 
• Act as trainer/coach for new team members to learn procedures and standards for all kitchen tasks.
• Assist in daily and weekly kitchen deep cleans
• Undertake relevant training as required 

Experience/Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in catering and/or Mess operational role. 
• DBS checks required
•  Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• One of the following qualification’s or equivalent; BSC (Catering), MHCIM, HND, City and Guild 706/1 and 2, NVQ level 2 and 3