Operations Chef

Gaucho Restaurants are delighted to be recruiting for an Operations Chef. If you are a London based Operations Chef who has a real passion for people and high quality fresh food we would like to hear from you!

Role Purpose:

The Operations Chef will be fully accountable for the restaurants in terms of guest experience, finance, sales growth, legal compliance and team development BOH and supporting FOH. The Operations Chef work closely with the Head of Food Operations to run a smooth and successful operation in terms of people, product, compliance and finance. The Operations Chef will take charge of the key areas of food standards/spec delivery, achieving timings in service, implementations of specials, delivering labour within budget, cost of sales for food and both food hygiene and health and safety compliance. As ambassadors of the business they share their vision with the management teams in the restaurants work to develop those around them to drive the business forwards.

Financial Responsibilities

• Manage revenue conversion
• Weekly financial analysis shared with the team
• Achievement of food end of month stock results within 0.5 variance
• Drives labour controls at each site to achieve budgeted labour requirements

People

• Oversees team objectives & development plan
• Executes the succession plan in place, whilst improving retention
• Effective management and delegation to all members of the management team
• Practices open door policy with the team and makes time to ensure employee welfare
• Develop training systems that will strengthen the skill set of line chefs
• Coordinate holiday cover in restaurants for kitchen management

Leadership Responsibilities

• Evidence of communicating information both up and down
• Manages both the team and seniors
• Driving Gaucho culture
• Completed leadership training with HRD
• Effective management of change within the restaurant
• Drive accountability
• Challenges seniors
• Inspires, guides and educates the management teams

Compliance

• Full kitchen management team trained to the correct level
• Personally, trained to the correct level
• 5* EHO scores in all restaurants consistently
• 95% or above on internal monthly audits

Essential skills

• 2 years Operations Chef experience at multi-site level in High end, fine dining, fresh food background
• London food scene knowledge
• Inspirational leader
• Excellent communicator and strong ability to coach others
• Breeds brand loyalty
• Commercially driven and actively shares knowledge and experience with the group
• Proven record of managing finance & P&L

We offer:

• 28 paid holidays per annum inclusive of bank holidays
• 50% off for you and your friends & family at our restaurants

. Travel allowance for Zone 1-2
. Annually reviewed bonus scheme and optional Operations Manager Apprenticeship

• Incredible discounts online portal & cycle to work scheme
• Fantastic career growth opportunities with award winning learning & development programmes

Please note this role is mainly based in London with some travel to our regional restaurants