Executive Chef

JR United Kingdom; Slough; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury catering company in London seeks an Executive Chef to drive innovation and excellence across its culinary offerings. This pivotal role combines strategic kitchen leadership with hands-on kitchen involvement, focusing on corporate catering and operational success. Join a dynamic team and influence the future of high-end culinary experiences.

Benefits

Excellent work-life balance

Private medical insurance

Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme

Daily cooked meals at work

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Senior kitchen leadership experience in luxury event catering.
• Strong knowledge of large-scale catering and complex logistics.
• Commercially savvy with a confident management style.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor kitchen and development teams for events and dining.
• Oversee culinary operations ensuring quality and consistency.
• Drive menu innovation across multiple sectors.

Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Creativity

Attention to Detail

Job description

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Executive Chef – Luxury Events & Corporate Catering

? Full-Time, Permanent | ?? Hands-On Leadership | Admin & Culinary Focus

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a visionary Executive Chef to join one of London’s most respected luxury catering companies, renowned for its exceptional events, bespoke workplace dining, and culinary innovation.

This caterer has become a creative powerhouse in high-end hospitality, with expanding services across large-scale private and corporate events, and catering.

This confidential hire is crucial to the company’s next phase of growth, with a strong focus on corporate catering, operational excellence, and product innovation, while still staying true to the business’s heritage of crafting unforgettable food for fabulous occasions.

About the Role:

As Executive Chef, you will lead and inspire a highly skilled kitchen brigade and development team. The role combines strategic kitchen leadership, menu development, and operational oversight with hands-on involvement in the kitchen.

You’ll work closely with the senior leadership team to evolve culinary offerings across the business – from luxury workplace lunches to high-profile events – ensuring creativity, consistency, and operational excellence at every touchpoint.

This is a hybrid role, ideal for a chef who enjoys balancing the creative and administrative aspects of running a best-in-class kitchen, while remaining a visible and influential presence on the pass.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor the kitchen, development, and production teams to deliver across events, workplace dining, and special culinary projects.
• Oversee all culinary operations, ensuring quality, cost control, and consistency across high-volume and high-standard output.
• Drive menu innovation and seasonal planning across multiple sectors, maintaining the brand’s signature flair and luxury positioning.
• Collaborate with client-facing teams to ensure culinary delivery exceeds expectations.
• Be actively involved in kitchen operations, including tastings, production, and event execution where needed.
• Lead on kitchen systems, documentation, costing, compliance, and people planning.
• Champion a positive, professional, and growth-oriented culture within the kitchen and wider business.
• Stay ahead of culinary trends, sustainability practices, and customer expectations.

About You:

• Significant experience in a senior kitchen leadership role (Head or Exec Chef level) within luxury event catering, contract catering, or premium hospitality.
• Strong knowledge of large-scale catering, high-volume service, and complex logistics.
• Natural leadership skills with a collaborative, calm, and composed management style.
• Commercially savvy – confident managing budgets, GP, planning, and supplier relationships.
• Exceptional organisation and time management – able to juggle both hands-on work and strategic admin.
• Passion for beautiful food with high attention to detail and presentation.
• Forward-thinking with a desire to innovate and push boundaries across sectors.
• Familiar with the pace, complexity, and expectations of a high-end multi-service culinary business.
• £75,000 – £80,000 per annum (depending on experience)
• Excellent work-life balance relative to the events industry
• Private medical insurance
• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme
• Daily cooked meals at work
• Opportunities for professional development and internal growth
• Dynamic, creative and fast-paced working environment in a highly respected business

This is a confidential vacancy due to internal planning. First-stage interviews may be held off-site. If you are a confident and capable executive-level chef with both creative passion and commercial acumen, we would love to hear from you.

Apply in confidence to learn more about this pivotal opportunity in one of London’s most exciting culinary environments.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Change Hospitality is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we strive to ensure that every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. We believe that a diverse workforce strengthens our organisation and enhances our ability to deliver excellence.