Head Chef - Isle of Wight Pearl

Job Posted: 23 July 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Brighstone , Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: £30,000
• Industries: Catering, Hospitality & Bar Chefs

Job Title: Head Chef

Business: Isle of Wight Pearl

Contract type: Full time, permanent, over 7 days a week, no evenings.

Salary: £30,000 

Isle of Wight Pearl is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead the team.  This is an exciting opportunity to take on a kitchen that’s been growing in reputation year on year.  Leading us into the future as we develop the perfect breakfasts, lunches and afternoon teas for locals and visitors to treat themselves to something special.

Here’s more information about the day-to-day responsibilities and the kind of person we’re looking to join the Pearl Cafe. 

Responsibilities 

• Primarily responsible for the hands-on delivery of consistent, delicious, food that’s on brand covering breakfast, lunches, and afternoon tea.
• Leading a small team of three in the kitchen whilst working alongside our cafe manager to create a culture where wonderful things happen whilst having a lot of fun along the way.
• Administrative responsibilities will include ordering and waste management to support the running of an efficient kitchen.
• Working directly with our Finance Director and Managing Director to deliver financial and non-financial targets.
• Continue our commitment to sourcing locally and improving the quality and value of our simple, great tasting menu. You will play a key role in bringing fresh ideas we as move forward in this direction.
• Responsible for our Food Hygiene Rating and maintaining Health and safety in the kitchen and FOH areas on a day-to-day basis.

About you 

• Thrive working hands-on to produce delicious food day in, day out.
• Experience working within a small team, bringing out the best from each member of the team.
• Perfectionism in cleanliness and quality control.
• Committed to driving positive change as we look to improve the experience for patrons of the Pearl Cafe.

The Pearl Café is open 7 days a week and as a result you will be required to work regular weekends and public/bank Holidays.  During the High Season we expect our team members to be available for work as normal during school holidays.  No evening work is required.  You will need to provide and maintain your own whites.

What it’s like in our team 

Isle of Wight Pearl is a part of the FS Group, a family run business that creates the perfect brands for people to treat themselves on holiday in Jersey, Isle of Wight, Spain and Cornwall.   FS Group’s family values are reflected in everything we do - from our jewellery quality to the way we work with our customers and the people in our team.   We work hard for each other in a supportive culture to ensure that we do a great job and have a lot of fun along the way.

Plus, there are great perks such as generous discounts on jewellery, food, team bonuses as well as Parent-Cloud to support working mums and dads.