The Mowbray Kitchen is looking for another chef to join our expanding team! We are looking for a chef who has at least 5 years experience in a busy kitchen, cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients, with experience in a similar role or someone ready to take the next step! This is a brilliant opportunity to join a small independent business at a very exciting time!
The position is flexible with a salary in the region of £30,000 per annum dependent on skills & experience
‘Grand Dining’ - At The Mowbray & Chimney House we use local & seasonal produce where possible - as well as great ingredients from across Europe. We make (almost) everything from scratch and are always looking to innovate & improve our wonderful feasts in our award winning business.
With our new venue ‘The Victoria’ we will be offering something a little different for our couples & corporate clients with ‘festival’ style events. We’ll be cooking over wood & charcoal in our huge outdoor space & have a whole load of new kit to play with in our new flagship kitchen! We’ll be up & running by Autumn, so you’ll be part of this exciting new launch!
3 years in the making - The Victoria is our flagship venue opening Autumn 2024 to further enhance our award winning and vibrant events portfolio - The Mowbray and The Chimney House as we continue to cultivate our own independent and diverse event landscape in Neepsend and Kelham, Sheffield.
DUTIES
Working with & sometimes leading our small friendly team of chefs to deliver delicious feasts for our award winning weddings, events & celebrations
Assist with all aspects of running the kitchen including food preparation, food safety management, supervising staff, planning & ordering
Managing food costs and comparing suppliers to maintain our GP
Maintain food safety management procedures - working to improve and adapt these as needed
Assist with the launch of our new venue ‘The Victoria’ - planned opening Autumn 2024
Oversee the running of the kitchen(s) in the absence of the head chefs
Innovate and bring fresh ideas to the kitchen
THE PERFECT APPLICANT WOULD HAVE
Several years experience in a professional kitchen, working with fresh food in a great restaurant or catering operation
A passion & flair for flavour with a wide range of cookery skills such as bakery or pastry
A confident, fair & collaborative approach to managing people
Driving licence & car
Food safety management experience
Ready to invest & collaborate with our small team!
HOURS, PAY & PERKS
Full time 40 hours per week
We would consider a part-time role to start - this can be discussed
Salary in the region of £30,000 per annum - dependant on skills & experience
We close for Christmas - spend time with your loved ones over the festive period!
Working hours are typically 40 maximum, a mixture of evenings/mornings off - with a flexible approach to scheduling hours
A chance to make make this role your own and to define a new events venue with a very busy schedule
We are family owned and operated - and a close knit team with a collaborative team approach. We are entering our 17th year of hosting all of life’s greatest celebrations - with a reputation for being the go-to venues for premium weddings, private dining, launches and parties. We are proud to be a continuously highly recommended space for creative and inspirational corporate events working with an aspirational mix of clients across the UK.
Interested in joining us?
It would be great to know a bit more about you.
An intriguing and luxurious environment set within an iconic waterside building dedicated to Meetings and Dining. Split into three rooms and packed full of antiques and original features including the enormous chimney soaring through the floor in The Meeting Room. The Chimney House is a quintessentially British Meeting House, which is an ode to the the City's heritage tempered with ultra modern essentials for creative events. Award winning and recognised as one of 'The World's Most Creative Meeting Venues" it is also the go-to place for opulent dining & feasting for all of life’s celebrations.
A brand new restoration by the award winning studio 93ft on an historic Sheffield building from 1889. The Mowbray is a state of the art venue for conferencing and meetings as well as dining and feasting for weddings and corporate hospitality.
A marvelously anticipated luxury lifestyle venue that hosts 180 seated and comes complete with a first floor roof garden and commercial kitchens.
