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Executive Sous Chef

Are you passionate about the preparation and delivery of 5* food service? If so, here at the Culloden Estate & Spa, Northern Irelands finest and most distinguished five-star hotel we are offering an amazing opportunity for you to help lead our Kitchen Brigade as Executive Sous Chef! 

Important Information
Location: Culloden Estate and Spa, Bangor Road, Holywood, Holywood, Northern Ireland, County Down, BT18 0EX
Date Posted: 23rd September 2019
Closing Date: 3rd October 2019
Industry: Hospitality
Job Type: Full time
Salary: Based on Experience

About the role

Helping the Executive Head Chef manage the smooth and efficient operation of the Kitchen, ensuring the Hotel’s reputation for food quality is always maintained. · Ensuring the planning, preparation, cooking and presentation of food is to the standard required by the Hotel and its guests. · Helping the Executive Head Chef manage the culinary budget and kitchen expenditure. · Ensuring Company policies relating to stock management and stock ordering are implemented and monitored, taking appropriate action to resolve problems. · Ensuring the hotel complies with all matters relating to food hygiene regulations, environmental health laws and all other relevant legislation. · Ensuring the Hotel’s 5* hygiene score is maintained. · Ensuring all kitchen employees receive appropriate training, coaching and development to meet the Hastings’ standard. · Ensuring Hastings’ quality standards and procedures are fully understood, implemented and regularly reviewed, and that formal and informal feedback is delivered to ensure continual improvement. · Conducting team meetings on a regular basis to communicate standards required, targets and company information.

What you will need

Required criteria

  • Applicants must have previous experience as a Sous Chef preferably gained within a 4/5-star Hotel or similar quality establishment
  • Excellent working knowledge of Food Hygiene, Environmental Health and Safety and HACCP legislation.
  • High standards of attention to quality and speed.
  • Ability to work under pressure within a team.
  • Excellent verbal communication skills.

Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity

Managing Quality

Managing Quality

Managing Teams

Managing Teams

Time Management

Time Management

Hastings Hotels

Our vision is to be recognised as a prestigious, family company providing the finest in Irish hospitality with style and excellence.
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Hastings Hotels owns and operates six hotels in Northern Ireland, with over 1,000 bedrooms, one stand-alone grill bar/restaurant and a luxury spa. From city centre buzz to seaside resort, each outlet has a distinctive personality and market positioning. Over 50 years this family owned business has successfully earned its identity and in a crowded market place because we place quality at the heart of what we do. Quality in the design of our properties and their upkeep. Quality in the local sourcing of the food and drink we offer our guests. And quality in our people, people with personality, attention to detail, and a desire to develop their careers with us.

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Our guests remember small details. The open fires in the front hall. The supremely comfy beds. The fabulous breakfast... and the interactions they had with our staff. It is more important that you have the correct behaviours and attitude than every last qualification... we can help you attain that. We place great attention on recruitment, induction, and integrating you into your department, your hotel, and the Group. We want you to think about how you want to develop your career with us, and we promise to do what we can to help you on that journey. As a result, we are proud to have some of the best staff retention levels in the hospitality industry.

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits including free staff meals, cash and credit card tips, employee discounts, 29 days holiday plus your birthday and opportunities for career progression and development.

Vacation, Paid time off

Retirement plan and/or pension

Employee development programs

Employee discounts

Cycle to work

Competitive salary

Event tickets

Preferential room rates

Family and friends rates

Discount on meals purchased

Discount on spa treatments or products

Long service recognition

Free meals during shifts

Free parking or Discounted parking

Employee Assistance Scheme

Wellbeing Scheme

Social Opportunities

Employee of the Month

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Executive Sous Chef

Hastings Hotels
Holywood

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