Head Chef 

From Sun-Soaked Summers to Fireside Winters – We’re Looking for a Chef Hungry for the Challenge and Ready to Make Their Mark  

When the sun’s shining, our huge garden comes alive with guests — full of laughter, pints, and plates served fast. It’s a buzzing summer hotspot just waiting for a kitchen leader who can rise to the challenge and lead from the front. And when winter arrives, it’s all about roaring log fires, cosy corners, and heartwarming classics cooked to perfection.  

What’s On Your Plate:  

• Staying cool: Lead the kitchen team with confidence, clarity, and calm, especially when our huge garden is bustling.
• Ownership: Own your menu with full autonomy — from classic pub staples to seasonal specials
• Ambition: Work closely with our GM to be the best pub in the area, known for it's food. Driving our pub to the next level.
• Standards: Maintain impeccable hygiene and safety standards.
• Focus: Relentless drive to smash GP and sales targets.
• Camraderie: Take the reins with your team's development, using company training ensuring your team is the best they can be.

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Birthdays off.
• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Head Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams

Head Chef 

From Sun-Soaked Summers to Fireside Winters – We’re Looking for a Chef Hungry for the Challenge and Ready to Make Their Mark  

When the sun’s shining, our huge garden comes alive with guests — full of laughter, pints, and plates served fast. It’s a buzzing summer hotspot just waiting for a kitchen leader who can rise to the challenge and lead from the front. And when winter arrives, it’s all about roaring log fires, cosy corners, and heartwarming classics cooked to perfection.  

What’s On Your Plate:  

• Staying cool: Lead the kitchen team with confidence, clarity, and calm, especially when our huge garden is bustling.
• Ownership: Own your menu with full autonomy — from classic pub staples to seasonal specials
• Ambition: Work closely with our GM to be the best pub in the area, known for it's food. Driving our pub to the next level.
• Standards: Maintain impeccable hygiene and safety standards.
• Focus: Relentless drive to smash GP and sales targets.
• Camraderie: Take the reins with your team's development, using company training ensuring your team is the best they can be.

What we offer our Head Chefs:

• Birthdays off.
• Head Chefs get to have full autonomy to create your own menus and specials
• Access to our Apprenticeship Scheme and Development Programmes
• Access to regular culinary masterclasses covering topics such as Game, Butchery and Shellfish
• Access to inspirational food trips with our top quality suppliers
• Regular Chef Forums with other Head Chefs to inspire and develop
• Free meals
• 20% discount in all Young’s pubs and hotels
• Share save Scheme
• Enhanced Company Pension Scheme
• 28 Days Holiday per year

What we look for in a Head Chef:

This role requires someone that can inspire a team, to bring out the potential and lead by example whilst being able to develop, cost and produce fresh seasonal menus for the variety of revenue streams within the business.

• Have experience championing excellent service through quality food either as a Head Chef or in the position of Sous Chef
• Demonstrate a passion for leading and developing a team
• Be an active hands-on team player with excellent communication skills
• Be responsible and able to manage the kitchen staff rota, training and all health and safety effectively at all times
• Be able to demonstrate your creativity and ability to design and deliver new dishes for our menus and daily specials
• Demonstrate great planning and organisational skills, necessary to maintain effective controls with regard to both GP and labour
• Have a pro-active approach to driving sales and delivering growth, through engagement with both kitchen and front of house teams