Overview
Head Chef (KD12734) – Bath, BA2 7AY
About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity that has arisen in the hospitality team at the University of Bath. We are recruiting for a talented Head Chef to lead the back of house in the Hospitality Team looking after the lime tree, Pavilion Café and Sports Café.
These are three busy kitchens operating with a brigade of chef’s, supported by Sous Chef’s, Chef de Parties and Commis Chefs.
These kitchens cater for the day to day requirements of the university community as well as major events and sporting championships hosted by the Sports Training Village (STV).
The lime tree is 500 seater restaurant boasting a pizza kitchen, hot counter, deli counter with freshly made salads and a coffee bar open 7 days a week. The Sports Café is a 60 seater café serving the STV with a range of hot dishes, paninis, cooked breakfast and hot drinks and smoothies, open 7 days a week. The Pavilion Café provides a range of hot meals, toasted ciabattas, hot drinks as well as providing the food for a busy food delivery service within the building.
About you :
- have a passion for preparing, cooking and serving a high standard of nutritious food
- have natural leadership qualities to lead the team and have a positive impact on the growth and development of the team
- be financially astute, reviewing stock and recipes to ensure effective yield is achieved and waste controlled and build efficient rotas for the kitchens to control labour cost
- demonstrate a excellent understanding of food safety, maintain and build up on the food safety culture within the team
- be a strong communicator, both written and verbal
- be culturally aware and actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion with in the team and the department
Further Information:
This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis with an expected start date of 1 August 2025.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Jonathan Bowker on jpb55@bath.ac.uk or Patricia Echegaray on adspie@bath.ac.uk however please ensure that you submit your application through the university website.
What we can offer you:
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
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Closing Date: 01 Jun 2025
Department: Operations & Facilities Support
Salary: £30,805 to £37,174
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