Head Chef Recruitment, Job Analysis at Let's Eat Restaurant, London

This report outlines the recruitment process for a Head Chef at Let's Eat Restaurant, located in London, which employs approximately 80 staff members. The report includes a company and industry overview, highlighting the demand for restaurants in the UK and the profitability of the business. It features a detailed job description for the Head Chef role, specifying responsibilities such as planning food preparation processes, managing kitchen staff, creating menus, and ensuring quality and sanitary guidelines are met. The document also provides a person specification, outlining the essential qualifications, knowledge, skills, experience, and personal qualities required for the position. Furthermore, it includes a sample job advertisement, an application form, and a conclusion emphasizing the importance of effective recruitment in organizational success, with the applicant expressing their suitability for the role based on their qualifications and experience.

PRESENTATION
OUTLINE
Cover Page
Description of the Business including Location, Numbers of
employees and the Management structure
1 Job Descriptions using the correct template
1 Person specifications using the correct template
1 Adverts
1 Application form taking into account relevant legislation

COMPANY AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
• Restaurant are in high demand in the United Kingdom which is highly profitable business
with quality services and products. Let's Eat is the chosen restaurant which offer varieties of
meal and products. This restaurant is well known in the street of London which has the
specific location on Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9BY. There are about
80 staff member which includes from higher management to the lower staff member. There is
a vacant post of head chef which is due to reallocation of head chef due to some personal
reason. There is no any other chef who can take position of that chef due to which there is
need for the recruitment of the head chef. Head chef is the one who have the overall
responsibility of the kitchen in the restaurant. They are having the responsibility for creating
menu, managing kitchen staff and controlling kitchen costs.

JOB DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE OF: HEAD CHEF
Company Name: Let's Eat
JOB TITLE: HEAD CHEF
Main purpose and scope of the job:
Head chefs have some roles and responsibilities which individual need to full fill effectively. They have to main
effectively.
JOB LOCATION
Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9BY
POSTIION IN THE COMPANY
Head Chef
Reports to: Head Chef have the overall charge of the kitchen. They get reported by all chefs and report to Restaurant manage
Responsibilities For:
• Planning, controlling and directing overall food preparation processes.
• Managing all chef and other staff member in the kitchen.
• Making menu for the restaurant.
• Approving along with polishing dishes before reaching to customer.
• Ensuring variety and quality of the dishes within restaurant.
• Determining food stocking, inventory and ordering.
• Ensure that kitchen should meet all the requirement with sanitary and food related guidelines.

CONT....
• Organisation Chart:
• Let's Eat restaurant follows the functional structure within restaurant for the better process and
regulation of restaurant to meet the customer need and to achieve the aims and objective of the
restaurant. Head Chef have the role to stocking raw products and all ingredients which will need to
prepare delicious food for the customer. Organisational chart impact the responsibilities of the Head
Chef during reporting and performing and managing staff member in the kitchen.
• Budget Responsibilities:
• Head Chef have the responsibility to maintain the budget for the kitchen which should not very
high and to meet the requirement that can help to process delicious food without scarcity of any spices in
the food preparation. Head staff is the one which make the requirements of the kitchen which provide
them the responsibility to maintain budget of the restaurant.

PERSON SPECIFICATION
Name of Company: Let’s Eat Job title: Head Chef
Job Requirements Essentials Desirable
Qualifications There is a requirement of having 2 or 4 years degree in
culinary arts program.
For the position of head chef, a person needs to have
master’s degree in hotel management which will help in
order to perform roles & responsibilities in best possible
way.
Along with the degree, practical training certificate with
special focus on culinary arts is required for current vacant
position of head chef.
Knowledge The person need to have detailed knowledge of cooking,
different equipments which are used in cooking. Also,
need to have the capability to supervise & manage the
work of executives chefs & other team members.
If, the person will have knowledge about cooking of Italian
&c Chinese food then it will add an advantage.
Skills  Ability of kitchen management.
 Excellent communication & leadership skills.
 Team management abilities
 Sound technical knowledge with hands of
experience of working with recent softwares of
Microsoft office
 Credentials in health & safety training.
 Up – to-date knowledge of culinary trends & kitchen
process.
Experience  Minimum 5 years of relevant experience
 Awareness regarding techniques of manual handling
 Experience of kitchen equipments.
 Have good command over oral as well as written
English
 Significant experience as a chef, in addition to
experience as a sous chef or line cook
Personal qualities  Good communicator
 Elegant & pleasing personality
 Time management
 Creativity
 Self-motivator
 Result driven

JOB ADVERT (INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOB POSITION) – VIA LINKEDIN
• Company name: Let’s eat
• Location: Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 9BY
• Salary range: Best in the industry with decent hike on current CTC
• Accommodations facilities are also available
• We are looking for an experienced and qualified Head Chef to organize the kitchen s activities. You will
be the first in command in the facilities and will create and inspect dishes before they arrive at the
customers ensuring high quality and contentment.
• Roles & responsibilities
• Control and direct the food preparation process and any other relative activities
• Construct menus with new or existing culinary creations ensuring the variety and quality of the servings
• Plan orders of equipment or ingredients according to identified shortages
• Arrange for repairs when necessary
• Remedy any problems or defects
•

APPLICATION FORM
• Application for employment as Head Chef
• name : Mr. John Depp........................
• Address : St. james, London UK..........................
• Phone [phone]............................
• Email .: john 1997depp @gmail.com
• Education and training
I have completed 2 years post graduation program in Hotle management. I also posses undergraduate degree
within the field of culinary arts.

CONT..
• Information in support of your application
• Please include any skills, experience and qualifications you have acquired that can support this
application whether within the working environment or outside. position which are mentioned as under:
• Time management
• Soft spoken
• Knowledge about recent trends in culinary
• Well-versed in using Microsoft tools
Details: Apart from my degree, I have relevant certificates such as serve food production manger. I am a certified
culianary administration. I have been previously worked as Head chef which provide me significant experience to
supervise & handle the team. I have experience in kitchen process & providing dishes as per the requirement of
customers. In addition, I posses various skills which make me a perfect fit for the position which are mentioned as under:
Good communication & leadership skills
Team management
Creativity
Soft spoken
Time management
Knowledge about recent trends in culinary
Well-versed in using Microsoft tools

CONT..
• Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
• No, I do not consider myself to have any kind of disability & in-efficiency
• Please tell us if there are any ‘reasonable adjustments’ we can make to assist you in your application or with our
recruitment process
There is no requirement to make any sort of adjustments as I am okay with the specifications you have mentioned in job
advertisement. I do not have any issues to work on your terms & conditions. Hence, there is no requirement to make
any adjustments with your recruitment process.

CONCLUSION
• It is assessed with above information that managing people is really effective task which also
plays a crucial role in success of organization. Recruitment is concern with hiring best suitable
people who are highly competent & have the necessary skills for performing job roles and
responsibilities. There is a vacant position of Head Chef for which, there is requirement of
qualifies as well as experience person. I am applying for the position as my portfolio is
matching with the job requirement. I have educational background in hotel management with
relevant experience of working at the position of head chef with one of the renowned
hospitality organization. I also have necessary skills such as communication, creativity,
leadership, knowledge of recent trends of culinary which make me a perfect fit for the vacant
position.