Chef, Lady of the Grapes

CHEF

Lady of the Grapes is a natural French wine bar and restaurant located in Covent Garden and promoting female winemakers. It is a distinctive yet relaxed space where guests can drink exquisite natural wines and eat stunning homemade food.

We are looking for an experienced chef to join our woman friendly team and evolve within our company.

We are serving French small plates alongside a large selection of cheeses and charcuteries. All our dishes are made from scratch, using seasonal products and best quality ingredients. Our menu is changing constantly. Recipes are created by Eliott Buchet, our executive chef, and our owner and chef and sommelier Carole Bryon.

If you are passionate about noble products, terroirs, creative food and are reliable you may be the person we are looking for.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards on food quality, presentation and hygiene
• Preparing, cooking and presenting high quality dishes
• Ensure all food is presented for service in a timely manner.
• Follow the recipes, measuring dish ingredients and portion sizes accurately
• Dealing with order, deliveries and stock rotation

The role requires

• A minimum of two years’ experience
• A good knowledge in French cuisine
• Passion for food and wine
• A full understanding of HACCP (Level 2 food safety is preferred)
• A great attention to details
• Must be capable of working on your own or as part of a team
• Creativity when participating at the creation of the new dishes is a plus
• A good English (spoken and written)
• Must have the right to work in the UK

We offer you

• A fun, passionate and energetic, supportive management team to motivate you and encourage you to be yourself
• A competitive salary and a generous share of the service charge
• A yearly bonus and bonuses on performance.
• A recommendation scheme (£500 per individual hired by referral)
• A retirement pensions
• A flexible rota to allow you to keep balance with personal life
• A contract of 40 to 45h/week
• We offer a week of 4 or 5 days. However, we will need someone available on evenings and most of the weekends
• Staff discount 20% off of your total bill when dining in
• Cost price on wines to take home
• Free fresh meals on duty
• 28 days holidays
• Training and career progression opportunity as we are intended to expend
• We are closed every Monday and around Christmas and at the beginning of January

If you think you’re up for the challenge of this role we’d love to hear from you! Get in touch, we are excited about meeting you and bringing you into the family.

Please send your CV and a cover letter to [email protected]