Executive Chef Hotel in Crawley

Up to £62,500 + Monthly service charge payment + Quarterly Bonus Potential of £850 based on GP% results.

The Place Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels, is a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London. It features a 5 Red Star, award-winning Utopia Spa, 58 bedrooms including the new luxury Cedar Lodge development and a 2-bedroom self-contained Gatehouse. There are 2 award-winning restaurants: Reflections Restaurant (2 Rosettes x 60 covers) and AGs Restaurant (3 Rosettes x 38 covers), along with a range of conference, banqueting, and private dining rooms catering for 8 to 95 guests.

The Role:

• Reporting to Malcolm Wyse, the General Manager, you will have total responsibility for all aspects of food production, from sourcing suppliers to delivering customer excellence in the finished dish.
• Creating a restaurant menu to inspire local patrons and an afternoon tea menu that encourages loyal local business.
• Delivering outstanding corporate/wedding and banqueting menus.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Recruitment, training, and coaching a team of 10 Chefs and 3 Kitchen Porters.
• Working with local colleges to encourage new recruits and collaborating with our Group Resourcer to attract quality Chefs.
• Managing the progress of any Chef Apprentices with our external training provider.
• The menu planning, supplier resourcing, ordering, delivery, storage, preparation, cooking, and service across the range of food areas within the Hotel.
• Development of menu ideas to achieve rosette standards across all areas of service.
• Ensuring compliance with HACCP and food hygiene, health and safety legislation.
• Achieving gross profit targets on dishes to allow for future investment in facilities and staffing.
• Creating passion, flair, and drive in your team to assist the hotel in achieving its quality and business objectives.
• Practicing and promoting effective teamwork and communication amongst your direct work colleagues and colleagues in other departments.

Requirements:

• Experience of developing a quality hotel restaurant to 3 and 2 rosette standard.
• Proven record of team selection and retention that supports the development of excellent standards.
• Demonstrate during a cooking trial the practical ability and flair required to drive and motivate others on the team.
• Demonstrate ideas of how the food offering can be developed and standards improved during the interview.
• Hold the experience to manage multi-menu requirements and busy banqueting operations.
• Live locally or have the ability to relocate to the area with own transportation.

Benefits:

• 4 weeks holiday increasing to 5 weeks with service.
• 8 Bank holidays.
• Single private medical cover.
• Free car parking.
• Employee uniform.
• Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels.
• Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas.
• Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels.
• Discount on individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas.
• Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas.
• Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme.
• Additional benefits when celebrating your 1 yr, 3 yr, and 5 yr anniversary including paid birthday off, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea, and service-related holiday.