Position Overview & Specifications

The Alchemist is a mystical apothecary, dispensing the most creative cocktails and delicious all-day dining with a twist. We build our kitchen teams on the foundations of 'trust, honesty and reliability'. This is something we look for in our chefs, and something we will give to you in return.

We value teamwork, training, comradery, and passion, and we believe this is best led from the top. As head chef, you will manage and inspire your teams, as well as ensure all operational aspects of the kitchen are performing to the highest of standards; reporting to your general manager and operations chef.

You must have had experience and confidence in food safety and compliancy, financial control of the kitchen, the ability to train and communicate to a high standard whilst leading the team in a fast-paced kitchen environment.

We will provide you with a training and development, as well as a strong support network but we are looking for someone to take ownership of their kitchens, and to take pride and enjoyment whilst doing so. As we firmly believe happy chefs are the best chefs.

Benefits also include;

Free food and hot drinks on shift
50% off food when dining with guests in any of our restaurants
Uniform
Flexible rotas
Guaranteed birthday + recovery day after off
Currency of Kindness scheme allowing you to be paid to give back to local charities to your venue.
Industry renowned training with fantastic career progression opportunities.
Opportunity to enter our annual culinary competition to showcase your talents
Opportunity to be, or to choose, our Chef of The Month, where we congratulate our biggest team assets.
Transparent Tronc policy where 100% of gratuities and service charge to go the team.
24hr access to employee assistance programme, with counselling, mental health support and financial and legal advice.
Wellbeing activities, support and sessions through our partnership with So Let's Talk