Chef & FOH Duos very welcome to apply – lovely on-site accommodation available for the right people!
Looking for a kitchen you can make your own?
The Salmon Inn is looking for an experienced and confident Head Chef / Kitchen Manager, or an ambitious Sous to take ownership of this country pub kitchen.
This is a great opportunity for a chef who enjoys good, straightforward pub food and wants the independence to run a kitchen, develop a menu and build on a positive reputation.
We’re not looking for someone to manage a big team or create an overly complicated menu. We’re looking for a self-sufficient, organised chef who is comfortable managing their own prep and service, and happy to jump on their own pot wash when required! Sole (kitchen) working is a regular requirement of this position.
You’ll have plenty of autonomy to develop the menu and specials while maintaining the pub favourites our customers know and love.
What you’ll be doing
- Taking day-to-day ownership of the kitchen
- Preparing and serving consistently good-quality pub food
- Managing prep and service independently
- Developing menus, specials and seasonal dishes
- Ordering and stock control
- Managing food costs, GP and wastage
- Maintaining excellent food hygiene and kitchen standards
- Working alongside the pub management team
What we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone with:
- Strong experience in a pub or restaurant kitchen
- Confidence running a kitchen and service independently
- Good organisation and time management
- Knowledge of stock control, wastage and GP
- High food hygiene and kitchen standards
- A practical, reliable and hands-on approach
- A genuine passion for good pub food
Salary & benefits
- Salary starting from £37000 per year, depending on experience
- Live-in accommodation available for the right applicant
- Share of tips
- Meals on shift
- Staff discount across Quality Inns pubs
- Discounted accommodation across the group
- Holiday buy-back scheme
- Excellent career opportunities across our growing pub group
About us
The Salmon Inn is part of Quality Inns, a family-run group of individual pubs across Gloucestershire and Devon.
We believe in giving our pubs their own identity rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach. For the right chef, that means genuine opportunity to take ownership of the kitchen and put your own stamp on the food offering.
Apply
We’re looking to move quickly with this appointment.
If you’re an experienced chef looking for more independence and your own kitchen apply with your CV and we’d love to have a chat.