Head Chef
Job Description
Head Chef — FEEKA, Baggot Street Full-time, Monday to Friday | Daytime hours, no evenings or weekends
About FEEKA
FEEKA is a café group serving fresh, made-from-scratch food and specialty coffee across two Dublin stores (Baggot Street and Citywest). FEEKA is a food and coffee business with two Dublin locations, serving fresh, made-from-scratch food.
The role
We're hiring a Head Chef to lead the kitchen at our Baggot Street store. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll be running daily kitchen operations, holding the line on food quality and consistency, and developing the team around you.
If you love systems, training people, and seeing standards held consistently, this role is built for you.
What you'll be doing
- Running daily kitchen operations at Baggot Street
- Training new kitchen staff and developing existing team members
- Holding the team to FEEKA's recipe, hygiene, and presentation standards
- Managing prep planning, stock levels, and waste against targets
- Working alongside the Citywest head chef to keep both kitchens aligned
Ensuring full compliance with FSAI food safety and allergen requirements
Feeding back to the management team on what's working and what could be better
Developing new dishes
- What we're looking for
- 5 years Proven experience leading a kitchen or kitchen section in a fast-paced environment
- Experience training and developing kitchen staff
- Strong organisational skills — prep planning, stock control, daily routines
- Commitment to hygiene standards and food safety (HACCP knowledge a plus)
- A calm, positive presence under pressure
- Reliable, punctual, and consistent
- Healthy food experience is a bonus but not essential
- What you get
- Monday–Friday, daytime only — no evenings, no weekends, no split shifts
- 20 days paid annual leave plus public holidays
- Pension auto-enrolment from day one
- Free lunch, coffee, and staff discount across both stores
- Career progression as we grow — we promote from within where we can
- A team that genuinely enjoys coming to work
- For more about us: www.feeka.ie | Instagram @feeka.ie
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