Head Chef

bartlett mitchell - #FFlondon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contract catering company in Central London is looking for an experienced Head Chef. This role involves creating seasonal menus and managing a kitchen team while ensuring high food standards and innovation. Engage with customers to gather feedback and inspire new ideas. The position offers numerous benefits, including culinary masterclasses, volunteering days, and enhanced parental leave. Join a team dedicated to excellence in catering and food service.

Benefits

Annual day off for your birthday

Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs

Fully funded development courses

Discounts at retail and leisure outlets

Cycle-to-work scheme

Freedom Friday – paid day off for charity work

Free lunch every workday

24/7 access to Mental Health App

Enhanced parental leave benefits

Paid leave for fertility treatments

Grandparent leave to support loved ones

Qualifications

• Proven kitchen management experience.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Ability to develop and manage a team.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal, balanced, and nutritious menus.
• Lead, manage, and develop a kitchen team.
• Ensure food innovation and quality standards.

Skills

Kitchen management

Engaging communication

Team leadership

Food innovation

Job description

Central London Location - Monday to Friday

We’re a multi award‑winning contract catering company, with a team of trained foodies serving over 45,500 satisfied customers every day. We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Chef to join our team.

You’re inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal, balanced and nutritious menus. You’ll recruit, lead, manage and develop your own team, using your proven kitchen management experience and engaging communication skills. Ensuring our standards are met or exceeded, you’ll work with each site team to keep food innovation firmly on the agenda and achieve excellent GPs. You will work with a group of General Managers to build and maintain the relationship between our company’s Foodie cultures and the goals of our clients.

Being a part of our culture of learning is important at BM Caterers. That’s why you’ll attend our forums and lead craft workshops – to keep up-to-date with food innovation across the company as well as understanding the trends on the High Street. Continuous development extends to your team too, and you’ll provide the strong leadership and coaching needed to keep standards and performance at the highest level, always encouraging new initiatives.

Being in the kitchen doesn’t mean you won’t see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food – to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations.

Benefits

• An annual day off for your birthday!
• Monthly masterclasses with Michelin‑starred chefs.
• Fully funded development courses ranging from levels 2 to 7.
• Discounts and cashback at a wide variety of retail and leisure outlets.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
• Freedom Friday – a paid day off to volunteer at a charity of your choice.
• Free lunch every workday!
• 24/7 access to the Mental Health Charter App.
• Enhanced parental leave benefits.
• Paid leave for fertility treatments.
• Grandparent leave to support your loved ones with their new arrival.