Mad Squirrel St Albans is looking for a Kitchen Lead to own the pass.
We're a Hertfordshire craft brewery with a growing family of taprooms, and St Albans is one of our favourites. We're passionate about great beer, great food, and creating a space people genuinely want to come back to — and we need a Kitchen Lead who shares that energy.
This isn't a faceless chain kitchen. You'll have real influence over what comes out of it, working with fresh ingredients, a cracking team, and the freedom to take pride in every plate. If you love food, lead from the front, and want to be part of something with real soul — we'd love to hear from you.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the kitchen
- Organise stock and perform stock rotations
- Train staff effectively, helping to improve skills and maintain consistency and quality in the kitchen
- Ensure that all hygiene and cleaning standards are met efficiently and recorded appropriately
- Ensuring all staff are trained in health and food safety to an appropriate level
- Food ordering and organising efficient food preparation practices
- Helping to create new recipe and food presentation ideas
- Keeping up-to-date with kitchen paperwork
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- At least 12 months experience in supervision within the food/catering industry
- Ability to cook to an excellent standard and create with a high level of confidence
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
REMUNERATION & BENEFITS
- Competitive salary and benefits
- A generous profit related bonus
- 40 hour, 4 day working week
- A monthly cash beer allowance
- Free Pizza on shift
- 15% discounts off all tap rooms through membership cards
- 50% cash discount off food plus membership points
- Birthday off paid
- Company days out, socials and events
- An easy to access Employee assistance program.
All candidates must be able to demonstrate that they hold a relevant and valid permit or visa to live and work in the UK. Please note that by applying for this position, you are giving your consent for Mad Squirrel to process your personal data in line with our GDPR policy . You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by informing the Company that you wish to do so.
Please note that if you have not heard back within 7 working days, your application for this role has not been successful, but we may still contact you in relation to alternative positions.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
Experience:
Work Location: In person
