Head Chef

As Head Chef, you will be responsible for all the highest professional quality food production, including all items produced for The Dining Room, The Inn & Library, outdoor Terraces, Room Service & Banqueting. Menu development, food purchase specification and standardised recipes. The Head Chef also leads the development and monitoring of food & team budgets, training, hygiene standards, and a culture of creative excellence.

Primary Duties
To plan and direct food preparation and culinary activities to the highest professional quality for all food production at the hotel. Including all items produced for; The Dining Room (60 covers), The Inn & Libary (approx. 70), Room Service (29 Rooms), Terraces (100 covers) & Banqueting (One event space with a capacity: dining 60 & reception 100)

To create, develop and update all menus in keeping with The Star’s culinary offering, quality expectations and ethos

To manage and monitor the requisition and purchase of all food products and other necessary supplies. Confirming the sourcing strategies are of the highest professional quality, seasonality and locally sourced where possible

Lead the development and monitoring of the food and labour budgets for the department, departmental training, hygiene standards, and a culture creative excellence.

The Star offers

-Meals whilst on duty
-28 days holiday per year increasing after 2 years employment to 30 days
-Staff accommodation may also be available for full time applicants
-Employee of the Year Programme: £500 prize plus complimentary two night stay at any one of the three hotels in The Polizzi Collection
-Discounted stays at any of the hotels in The Polizzi Collection-Discounted food and beverage at any of our hotels
-Complimentary stay at any of our hotels inclusive of breakfast and dinner after one years service.

Why join us?

The Polizzi Collection is a group of three family-owned luxury hotels, and ‘our family’, you the employees, are very important to us. We truly value our family and as such we have many long serving employees at each of our hotels: Hotel Endsleigh in Devon, Hotel Tresanton in Cornwall and The Star in East Sussex. We understand the importance of teamwork and that it takes everyone working together to achieve the goal of making memorable experiences for our guests. The rewards of working with such wonderful passionate employees are endless!