<p>{ "@context": "https://schema.org/", "@type": "JobPosting", "title": "Head Chef", "description": "You love real cooking. We love real cooking. Customers love real cooking. It's a no-brainer so you wonder why so many other places don't do it. We do it, and you'll be doing it with us - fresh, customer led, and with high-quality ingredients. We also love our real people who run Lounges. The person who runs these brilliant people has to be super-brilliant, and that'll be you. Your standards will be as high as ours, but exactly how you do it will be unique to you.\nYou'll be doing it your way. You'll be part of a dedicated, supportive team, working from our flexible all-day menu to give people food that'll make their day. It'll be your responsibility to make each dish to spec, in a clean and safe kitchen, and to make sure all prep and par is completed for each shift. You'll be helping every customer leave happy. Which they tend to do. Thanks to your great food.\nThe Good Stuff\n\nOvertime pay for every hour worked over contracted hours!\nStaff food on every shift\n50% off food and drinks (including alcohol) from day one at all three of our brands - Lounge, Cosy Club and Brightside \nPaid breaks\n28 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays) pro rata\nEnhanced maternity and paternity pay after 2 years service\nThe most talked-about staff party in hospitality - Loungefest!\nCompetitions and incentives (like jetting off on an all expenses paid trip with one of our suppliers)\nCompany pension scheme\nLong service awards\nPower over your pay with Wagestream\nEmotional and practical support via the Licenced Trade Charity\nGreat opportunity for personal development and career progression in a fast growing business\nAchievable bonuses\nTips shared equally across the team, based on hours worked\nChristmas and Boxing Day off!\n\nWhat you'll bring\n\nYou are probably an existing Head Chef, Kitchen Manager or Sous Chef looking for your first step into a Head Chef role.\nYou will have experience of working with fresh ingredients and be able to demonstrate good chef/kitchen skills (food prep hot and cold, cleaning, knife skills, good hygiene practices)\nYour work ethic is rolling your sleeves up and getting stuck in and leading from the front; playing an active role in delivering excellent kitchen and food standards as part of a high performing team.\nFamiliar with managing through clear KPIs and making decisions considering labour; stock; food safety requirements plus others.\nYou will have worked in kitchen environments where you're required to report on various metrics including GPs; labour/house; food preparation.\nYou will have demonstrated successful delivery of training and recruitment for kitchen teams including Apprentices, KPs, Chefs, Junior Sous Chefs and Sous Chefs.\n\nIf you want to find out more about us, follow us on LinkedIn or @life.at.loungers on TikTok and Instagram", "identifier": { "@type": "PropertyValue", "name": "Lounges - Pietro", "value": "96903" }, "datePosted": "2026-03-05", "employmentType": [ "OTHER" ], "hiringOrganization": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Lounges - Pietro", "sameAs": "" }, "jobLocation": { "@type": "Place", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "addressLocality": "Ludlow", "addressRegion": "en-GB", "postalCode": "SY8 1AT", "addressCountry": "UNITED KINGDOM" } }, "baseSalary": { "@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "GBP", "value": { "@type": "QuantitativeValue", "unitText": "YEAR", "minValue": 40000, "maxValue": 43000 } } }</p>