Head Chef

An institution in the world of Indian fine dining has landed in the historic, art-deco Queens Hotel, with its entrance at the epicentre of Leeds in City Square. Chef Vivek Singh and his team have developed a stunning new menu that continues to challenge the status quo, by fusing the spice of the subcontinent with the finest British ingredients and culinary traditions to create modern dishes that remain classic and timeless.

The Evolution of Causal British-Indian Dining

From the foundation of Cinnamon Kitchen to now, its restaurants have always aspired to bring together "the best of both worlds". The blending of expertise and flavours from India with exceptional, seasonal and local British ingredients is what makes the food and experience at Cinnamon Kitchen so progressive and enduring.

HEAD CHEF - CINNAMON KITCHEN LEEDS

What we offer

• £40,000 - £45,000 per annum 
• Permanent, full-time contract (40hrs per week)

Benefits

• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

Our ideal candidate

Are you a strong people manager?

Do you thrive in a busy kitchen, supported by a brigade?

We want to hear from inspired chefs who love creating amazing food from the best ingredients and have a keen eye for detail and high standards but with bags of flair and creativity. The ideal person for this role will be enthusiastic about change, focused on details and trusting.

Responsibilities of the role will include but are not limited to:

• Control the food preparation and delegate
• Ensure the food being prepared and leaving the kitchen is to a high standard and consistent
• Implement and follow company menu, ensuring standardisation across the dishes and specifications are being adhered to
• Purchasing of food products and related items from nominated company suppliers
• Keeping within set budget
• Regular audit checks are carried out
• Stock rotation and stock checks carried out
• Identify your individual team’s areas of development and provide relevant training
• Rotas

You’ll work in a busy and hardworking team environment, where you’ll continually learn and develop.

The core skills and experience required to succeed:

• Truly passionate about the Hospitality;
• Previous experience working within a busy kitchen, ideally working for a branded restaurant;
• Proven track record managing kitchen team;
• A true passion for creativity whilst maintaining the integrity of our brand standards through the dishes on the menu;
• A natural at leading and managing others, you lead by example and create an environment where your team can be their best self;
• You want to be part of a team that works hard, supports each other and has fun along the way;
• Previous knowledge and experience in stock takes, ordering, and team management;
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines and targets;
• Results focussed with an overwhelming desire to succeed.

Unfortunately we are unable to offer candidates Visa Sponsorship for this role

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and Cinnamon Kitchen.