Big Mamma is a French Italian restaurant group, the brainchild of Victor Lugger and Tigrane Seydoux. Over the past 9 years we have opened the doors of 26 restaurants in Europe (France, Monaco, England, Spain, Germany, Italy and Belgium).

Our mission? To share the special ambience of the most beautiful places of Italian tradition, creating unique moments of sharing with our customers.

Join the Squadra as Head Chef  🇩🇪

Given the imminent development of Big Mamma projects - national and international - we are looking for talented Head Chef to integrate in one of our trattoria in Germany (Berlin, Munich, Hamburg or...🤫) to lead our crazy brigades and be ready for the next adventures 🚀

Main mission: to be responsible for the quality of the dishes, the management of the kitchen and the success of the kitchen Squadra.

You will report to the General Manager and the Executive Chef Germany.

Ambassador of Big Mamma, you embody our values of excellence, meritocracy, entrepreneurship and authenticity on a daily basis in the restaurant.

Responsible for Quality

OBJ: customer exp ratings 4.7/5.

• Responsible for the quality, quantity and regularity of dishes at the pass
• Responsible for the speed of dishes at the pass
• Collaboration on menu changes, accompanied by the Executive Chef / proposal force on new recipes depending on the season, writing recipe cards, implementing menu changes, training the team / participation in R&D sessions

Responsible for Kitchen Operations

OBJ: Monthly Hygiene score > 90% // Food cost and people cost kitchen in line with budget.

• Responsible for conformity with hygiene
• Responsible for the monthly Food Cost / F&B to the budget target
• Responsible for People Cost in the kitchen / monthly people cost to the budget target.
• Responsible for team schedules
• Responsible for respecting equipment in the kitchen

Guarantee of the success of the Squadra

OBJ: Squadra that evolves and becomes more and more autonomous, turnover on target.

• Validates new hiring to the team / in line with HR recruitment criteria.
• Responsible for integrating new arrivals into the kitchen / preparation for their arrival, weekly update from the 1st week.
• Train and support the kitchen team on a daily basis and provide them with vision / pass on knowledge, delegation, strength of proposal for training, talent reviews.
• Responsible for the good understanding and cohesion of the team integration of dishwashers, team updates.
• Responsible for monitoring the training of the team
• Responsible for good understanding between the kitchen / floor / bar
• Provides at least one weekly service in tandem with Sous-Chefs

Our Offer:

• Permanent working contract
• 42H/week with 2 consecutive days off
• Weekly tips shared with the entire team
• Free access to mental well-being support, Open Up
• A meal prepared daily with love by our squadra and a 15% discount on all our trattos

• Numerous career opportunities, geographical mobility in Germany & Europe, AND much more!

BIG MAMMA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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