Head Chef (Electric Bar & Diner)

The Ned boasts 10 restaurants each serving a unique style of cuisine from around the world. As Head Chef, you will lead one of our kitchens in everything from day-to-day operations, people and team management, menu creation, budgeting and P&L, and everything in between. Electric Bar & Diner is an American diner with an all-day menu, open kitchen, bar seating and red leather banquettes. The restaurant serves a mixture of diner and deli favourites, from burgers and bagels to salads and cheesecake.

Reporting to our Executive Head Chefs and as the leader of Electric’s kitchen, you will:

• Lead the team in the production of our food, ensuring that all dishes are cooked and presented to our exceptional Ned standards.
• Achieve all commercial deliverables for your kitchen – including menu costing and creation, budget and P&L management, weekly and monthly reporting, recruitment and labour spend.
• Lead all people leadership tasks – including team recruitment, development and performance chats, onboarding new starters.
• Guide and develop your kitchen leadership team, sharing accountability and growing the future talent of The Ned.
• Be a guardian of food quality and presentation, monitoring all food leaving your kitchen and providing coaching and feedback to the team where needed.
• Create and monitor a safe and clean kitchen environment, protecting our guests and team from any possible harm.
• Protect our excellent food safety ratings and audit standards by always keeping a close eye on procedures and practices, keeping impeccable records, and implementing action plans where necessary.

What you can bring to the role:

• Previous kitchen leadership experience with a proven track record of delivering outstanding food and people management.
• High standards are essential as our customers and guests expect the best.
• An organised and detailed manner is necessary, as impeccable record keeping is needed to maintain records for our safety and audit standards.
• A commercial mindset is needed in all our leaders; evidence of achieving and exceeding KPI’s will go a long way.
• Creative flair is always welcome – our menus change seasonally and our Head Chefs contribute heavily to this.
• A calm demeanour and a genuine passion for providing guests with exceptional food is essential in our high-pressure kitchens.

What can The Ned give you?

• Salary of up to £60,500 per year, including service charge.
• Enhanced parental leave, company sick pay and pension.
• Complimentary meals in our friendly team restaurant, Neddy’s including monthly payday breakfast.
• Exciting learning and development programmes to help progress your career.
• Exclusive rates at The Ned for staying and eating for you, your family and friends.
• Wellbeing and health benefits, including Wagestream and Benefit Bank – our exclusive platform with access to hundreds of gym, shopping, and cinema discounts.
• Your birthday off after a year of service and more holiday after five years.
• Paid volunteer day.
• Regular social events, including an annual pool party.
• Employee assistance programme – 24/7 advice and support.
• Reward and recognition initiatives.

At The Ned, we don’t just celebrate our diversity, we challenge ourselves to do even better. The Ned is committed to being the best place to work, and ensuring that we have a leading diversity, equity and inclusion programme is central to making that vision a reality. All candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role.