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Come and join Absolute Taste, an innovative, international and exciting company which is expanding very quickly and looking for the right person to come and join our dynamic and event passionate team. We strive in developing individuals to be the best they can and fulfil their full potential.

We have the fantastic opportunity for an experienced Executive Chef to join Absolute Taste to support us on our LIV Golf events.

Previous event experience is essential.

This role does require international travel to all LIV Golf events.

General

• Full Culinary lead and accountable for culinary and BOH teams at all LIV Golf events.

• Be the HACCP lead for Absolute Taste, ensuring all outlets and personnel maintain and adhere to local law and food safety protocols at all LIV Golf events

• Perform a leadership role across all culinary functions. Providing direction and motivation to all teams

• To ensure the overall delivery and management of the kitchen operations for LIV Golf is to the required standards

• Be able to communicate progress clearly, accurately and transparently to key internal and external stakeholders

• Form part of the strategic team, ensuring the overarching goals of the project are achieved

• Line management and leadership of a core team of individuals and ability to manage a wider project team in a matrix style structure in operational planning, commercial, culinary, logistics and staffing teams

• Lead with sourcing, managing and controlling of ingredients.

• Lead the active seeking of efficiencies in operational deliveries with regards to food COS, supplier networks and resource for both hospitality and retail

• Manage the strict procurement, to make sure targets and budgets are adhered to

• Write menu specifications or all products to maintain consistency.

Budget & Finance

• Fully control and are accountable for the food and kitchen labour budgets of all events, alongside future forecasting and reforecasting throughout the year

• To work alongside Finance department and Project Lead for ongoing management of the budget, including forecasting, tracking spends

• Tracking all associated spends, including but not limited to; Food, labour and equipment for all events

• Follow company finance processes; raising PO’s, good receipts, submitting supplier invoices to finance

• Maintain a good knowledge of seasonal ingredients and food costs and ensure cost pressures across all areas are regularly reviewed and adapted in order to mitigate these increases

Strategy

• Work closely with Project Lead to research and determine the overall F&B strategy, to include;

• Local food trends to each location

• Look and feel for each location

• Hospitality trends

• Development of the retail and hospitality offers at each location

• Act as an ambassador for Absolute Taste towards our client and guests

• Monitoring and maintaining overall morale of the Absolute Taste LIV Golf culinary team, paying close attention to the mental well-being of each individual team member and ensuring that they’re needs are always taken into consideration and acting accordingly

• Responsible for working with internal departments, external suppliers and other 3rd parties’ stakeholders to implement the department strategy

• Support Head Chefs with innovative and creative yet sensible menu development, considering local specialities and availability

Onsite

• Attendance of all LIV Golf events and key site visits

• Act as key member of the event delivery team as required.

• Responsible for ensuring all kitchen department is providing best in class hospitality and retail food.

• Responsibility for the management and kitchen production across all liv golf events in line with company guidelines.

• Work with Project lead to achieve all targets set, including recording of wastage, stocktaking, food ordering and maximising profits.

• Calm and decisive in challenging, stressful situations

• Identify and implement ways to further enhance the food offer

• Ensure all records and reports are fully completed, up-to-date and comply with local and company food safety and health and safety policies

• Lead and develop the HACCP for all LIV golf events

Other

• Excellent team relationship building and recruitment of chefs.

• A variety of operational and planning experience for greenfield events

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with all LIV Golf stakeholders and internal teams

• Be a brand advocate for guests and ensure that all of their touch points reflect the LIV Golf brand identity and values

• Produce and maintain all packing lists for OS&E kit for each event alongside Logistics Managers

• Use the winter off season months to refresh kit where required and to ensure all training is undertaken by the team in accordance with H&S standards

• Work with the creative team on menu design, place cards etc.

• Design and continuously improve and implement processes to ensure the smooth running of the event

• Ensuring all direct reports receive their probation / appraisals at the appropriate times

• Enforce adherence to regulations, quality and safety standards in accordance with local laws

• Develop and communicate standard operating procedures to all staff

• Ensure supplies and equipment are adequate in quantity and quality together with Head chef

• Handle customer complaints when needed

• Attend the post-event debrief with the client

• Large international event and/or big projects experience

• Organised, punctual, motivational, and with varied communication skills, (formal, informal, international)

• To be conversant with all company codes of conduct

Benefits