About the Role
The Head Chef at Soho House is a culinary expert responsible for overseeing kitchen operations and staff, managing budgets, assigning tasks, and ensuring high-quality dish delivery and member satisfaction. This role involves collaborating with the General Manager to enhance the food offering.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain the kitchen’s budget.
- Assign tasks to other chefs in the brigade.
- Ensure member satisfaction through high-quality dish delivery.
- Work alongside the General Manager to improve the food offering.
- Oversee Back of House (BOH) operations, including recruitment, training, and performance management.
- Ensure health and safety policies are followed and enforce company standards.
- Delegate tasks and complete daily checklists to support business needs and special requests.
- Educate and train staff on safe work habits and procedures.
- Implement processes for an efficient kitchen, maintaining high standards, food quality, and minimizing costs to increase profits.
- Ensure teamwork and synergy between front and back of house staff.
- Collaborate with Marketing/Events on menu creation, food preparation, and costs.
- Produce high-quality team meals suitable for all dietary requirements.
- Share responsibility for proper storing procedures, food orders, food cost, equipment, sanitation, and hygiene.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in a similar capacity.
- Experienced managing P&L’s, labor, purchasing, vendors, and quality control.
- Must be able to demonstrate competency as outlined in the training schedule and Club School.
- Must be able to work flexible shifts and schedules, including weekends and holidays.
- Ability to take direction, work in a team environment, and autonomously.
Skills
- Culinary expertise
- Budget management
- Team leadership
- Menu creation
- Food quality control
- Health and safety compliance
- Staff training and development
- Profit and loss management
- Purchasing and vendor management
- Communication
Location
- Soho House
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Culinary trained
Benefits
- Weekly Pay
- Team meal whilst on shift
- Every House Membership
- 50% off Food & Drink
- Staff Room Rate; Any Bedroom, Any House, $100 a night
- Private Health and Dental Care
- Life Assurance
- Day off on your birthday
- Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
- 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice
- Free Counselling Sessions
- Cookhouse & House Tonic trainings, events and opportunities
- Continuous training
- Team Events
- Competitive compensation packages
- Global benefits and perks
- Training to develop technical and managerial skills
About the Company
- Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks.
- Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to enhance your career.
