Lexington is an award-winning contract caterer that focus on providing great food and service to customers.
To do this we need fabulous people and we work hard to create an environment where our team members feel engaged, inspired, valued and enjoy what they do.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a high-end Production Head Chef role, working in one of our base kitchens and producing food for three of our key contract clients and event clients, using only fresh seasonal produce and supplied by London’s best supplier’s.

Duties

• Oversee the production from our base kitchen and ensure all food is ready for dispatch on time and coordinate with the delivery team. You will manage a team of 5 in the kitchen.
• Maintain and achieve the catering budgets and standards set out by Lexington.
• Responsible for using company systems for menu writing and food management – star chef
• Ensure that staff are able to relate to current policies and procedures to ensure quality service and ownership of tasks
• Establish and maintain health and safety and hygiene and hygiene procedures in line with the company policy.
• Set an example to and monitor the performance of all kitchen staff.
• Conduct the purchase, receiving, storage and stock controls of all lines demonstrating kitchen due-diligence.
• Show financial management through correct costing, stock taking and menu planning benefiting both Lexington and our customers.
• Recruit, support, train, coach and manage all kitchen staff and set an example for delivering an efficient quality and financially beneficial service for both Lexington and our customers.

The role will require very strong leadership, organisation and planning skills to ensure all departments are working together efficiently and with good communication and teamwork skills. Experience in previous central production kitchen desirable but not essential. Strong Ability to adapt and problem solving is key to the position.

As part of your package, we are offering a salary up to £40,000 per annum

This role comes with an Employee Assistance Programme, a great cycle to work scheme, Health insurance, workplace pension, life Assurance (x2), 33 days holiday – pro-rata (including Bank Holidays) increasing to 31 days after 2 years' service, great benefits for you and your family and day off for your birthday!

At Lexington we dare to be different with our food, our catering and reception services, and the way we work. Our values are a representation of who we are and through our values we encourage our people to be themselves, to be creative and to be bold, and we work hard to make sure our people enjoy what they do and have fun.

We foster and believe in a diverse workplace where we embrace and celebrate our differences, which creates an environment of positive energy.  It is our culture to nurture great talent, create a place for people to thrive and fulfil their potential.

We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer and welcome everyone to our team. In your application please let us know if you need reasonable adjustments and feel free to note if you will require further assistance and which pronouns you use (for example – she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

If you want to join an award-winning team who are passionate about serving delicious food and want to work with some the most exceptional client in London, you won’t be disappointed. Don’t just take our word for it and visit our website where our people have shared their experiences.

Interested?

All you need is an updated CV and cover letter, we'll do the rest.

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