Experienced Head Chef | Executive Head Chef | Hotels | Weddings & Events | Fresh Food
Location: Lancashire
Availability: Available for suitable opportunities
Target Roles: Head Chef | Executive Head Chef | Hotel Head Chef | Executive Chef | Senior Head Chef
Candidate Overview
An experienced and classically trained Head Chef and Executive Head Chef with over 25 years of experience leading busy, high-quality kitchens across 4-star hotels, restaurants, destination inns, gastro pubs and high-volume venues.
With a career built around fresh, seasonal produce and high-quality food, this candidate has extensive experience managing demanding kitchen operations while maintaining consistently high culinary and operational standards.
Most recently working as a Relief Chef, they have gained further exposure to a variety of kitchens and operational environments, receiving consistently positive feedback from clients. They are now looking to secure a Head Chef or Executive Chef position within a hotel or destination venue, ideally with a strong focus on quality food, weddings, events and banqueting.
Key Skills & Expertise
• Head Chef & Executive Head Chef
• Hotel Kitchen Management
• Fresh Food & Seasonal Menus
• A La Carte
• Fine Dining
• Weddings & Banqueting
• Events & Function Catering
• Menu Development
• Menu Costing & GP Management
• Kitchen Team Leadership
• Recruitment & Staff Development
• Kitchen Rota Management
• Stock Control & Ordering
• Supplier Management & Negotiation
• HACCP
• Food Safety & Allergen Management
• Health & Safety
• Quality Control
• Front & Back-of-House Collaboration
• Global Cuisines & Modern Food Trends
Career Highlights
Executive Head Chef – 4-Star Hotel & Spa
Spent almost nine years as Executive Head Chef within a busy 4-star Hotel & Spa, taking full responsibility for the operation and performance of a fresh food kitchen.
Responsible for menu development and planning across banqueting, A La Carte and events, alongside ensuring menus were accurately costed and priced to achieve required GP levels.
Led the complete back-of-house operation, including kitchen team management and development, rotas, recruitment, ordering, stock taking and supplier negotiations.
The role also carried significant responsibility for food safety, HACCP, allergen management and health & safety, ensuring consistently high operational standards.
Head Chef – Gastro Pub
Previously led a busy gastro pub kitchen with a strong reputation for fresh, quality food sourced from local suppliers.
Responsible for kitchen leadership, menu development and maintaining high standards across a busy service environment.
Head Chef – Australia
Spent a year in Australia helping establish a family restaurant from the ground up.
This involved managing the complete kitchen set-up, including menu development, food costing, supplier sourcing and kitchen equipment installation, demonstrating strong commercial awareness and the ability to build kitchen operations from scratch.
Head Chef / Chef Director – High-Volume Venue
Led the kitchen operation within a high-volume venue with a strong emphasis on quality fresh food, developing extensive experience in managing busy services and large kitchen teams.
Senior Sous Chef – Rosette Environment
Developed early senior-level experience within a 1 Rosette kitchen, working with quality local produce and further developing classical cooking techniques and high culinary standards.
Head Chef – Award-Winning Dining Pub
Previously held a Head Chef position within a Lancashire dining pub recognised as Lancashire Dining Pub of the Year in 1999.
What This Candidate Offers
This candidate offers a substantial combination of hands-on culinary expertise, senior kitchen leadership and hotel operations experience.
Their background is particularly strong in fresh food, menu development, events, weddings and banqueting, alongside the commercial and operational responsibilities required to run a successful professional kitchen.
They have extensive experience managing the full BOH operation, from recruitment and team development through to menu costing, GP control, ordering, stock management and supplier negotiation.
Their long-term experience as an Executive Head Chef within a 4-star hotel environment makes them particularly suited to hotels, destination inns and venues where food quality and events are central to the operation.
Ideal Roles
Head Chef | Executive Head Chef | Hotel Head Chef | Executive Chef | Senior Head Chef
Ideal Venues
4-Star Hotels | Country House Hotels | Destination Inns | Wedding Venues | Event Venues | Gastro Pubs | High-Quality Restaurants | Hotels with Banqueting
Qualifications
City & Guilds 7061 – Professional Cookery
City & Guilds 7062 – Professional Cookery
Pastry Cooks – Basic & Advanced
Recruitment Enquiries
For further information about this experienced Head Chef / Executive Head Chef, or to discuss their suitability for your hotel, destination venue or events operation, please contact Perfect Recruitment.
Info@perfect-recruitment.co.uk
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