Group Executive Chef: Lead Growth & Openings

COREcruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd is partnering with a fast-growing premium casual restaurant group in London to hire a Group Executive Chef. You will build the kitchen engine behind growth, bridging head office and site operations, with scope to shape a structure still being built.

You will own the kitchen playbook, lead openings planned quarterly, coach Head Chefs, manage the P&L and food costs, and travel for international openings as needed.

Qualifications

• Senior executive chef with multi-site group experience
• Proven track record opening multiple sites in a growth phase
• Ability to build standards, training and operational structure from scratch
• Strong financial acumen with control of GP, labour and waste
• Experience developing kitchen leadership teams

Responsibilities

• Own the kitchen playbook for the group, from recipe specs and prep methods to plating
• Lead the kitchen side of new openings, with a quarterly runway of sites
• Work with Operations Director to shape a scalable kitchen structure
• Spend days coaching Head Chefs and driving standards across sites
• Build kitchen leadership pipeline and structured training for new starters
• Own the kitchen P&L, monitor food cost, waste, and site variance
• Run quality audits and HACCP, uphold food safety standards
• Build strong supplier relationships and benchmark receiving standards
• Travel occasionally to support international openings

Skills

Leadership

Opening experience

Systems thinking

Cost control

People development

Ambiguity tolerance

International travel

Growth mindset

Job description

COREcruitment Ltd is partnering with a fast-growing premium casual restaurant group in London to hire a Group Executive Chef. You will build the kitchen engine behind growth, bridging head office and site operations, with scope to shape a structure still being built.

You will own the kitchen playbook, lead openings planned quarterly, coach Head Chefs, manage the P&L and food costs, and travel for international openings as needed.