Executive Chef

Lexington-Catering; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Lexington-Catering in Greater London is seeking an Executive Chef to lead a catering team and drive financial growth through cost control and culinary excellence.

You will recruit, train and mentor staff, manage stock and budgets, and maintain strong client relationships while upholding COSHH, food safety and H&S standards across operations.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience managing a catering team.
• Demonstrated customer service excellence and stakeholder handling.
• Experience delivering high quality front-line catering service.
• Catering experience is essential with strong chef skills.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting, training and developing the catering team.
• Maintaining, ordering and controlling food stocks within budget.
• Ensuring ongoing team communications and client liaison to enable operational excellence.
• Accountable for COSHH, Food Safety, H&S and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Customer Service

Front-line Focus

Catering Experience

Chef Skills

Job description

Working Pattern: 5 Days Out Of 7 | 37.5 Hours Per Week

Job ID: 7532

What you’ll be doing…

As an Executive Chef you will be proactively managing and supporting a catering team as well as creating a platform for financial growth through cost control and culinary excellence.

• Recruiting, training, supporting and people development to deliver an efficient, high quality service to Elior UK, customer and client
• Maintaining, ordering and controlling food stocks within budget
• Ensuring ongoing team communications, including building internal and external relationships, management reporting and client liaison to enable operational excellence
• Accountable for COSHH, Food Safety, H&S, legal regulations, environmental policies and duty of care to customer and colleagues

What can you bring...

• Proven leadership ability with a proactive, hands-on approach
• Genuine interest in customer service excellence
• Focused on the front line
• Catering experience essential with chef skills
• 2+ years experience as Executive Chef or Sous Chef ready for their next step