Head Chef

Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks when working

Free dining for family & friends

Bike to work scheme

Mental health and well-being support

Financial health education and support

Leadership training and development

Birthday & Anniversary Caravan voucher

Internal promotion opportunities

Job summary

Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters in London is seeking a Head Chef to lead a busy kitchen, bringing our well-travelled menu inspired by New Zealand flavours. You will manage and mentor the team, ensure top service, and drive guest satisfaction with a strong focus on quality and sustainability.

The role offers full-time hours in a vibrant, expanding company culture with opportunities for personal growth and internal progression. Salary is £56,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Experience cooking fresh ingredients.
• Experience managing a kitchen.
• Ability to lead, support and inspire a team.

Responsibilities

• Serving up our well-travelled food inspired by founders' New Zealand roots and global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with the Caravan of Love customer experience.
• Work with General Manager to nurture and develop your team.
• Take ownership of your role and kitchen and be open to learning to develop skills.
• Experience with Fourth, FnB and Harri systems is helpful.

Job description

Overall Earnings - Up to £56,000 per year

based on experience & volume PLUS BONUS. Open to conversation & negotiation.

At Caravan, we share a love of mighty fine coffee, hand crafted good food and friendly vibes. Since 2010, we have built our award-winning restaurants and roastery as well asinvesting time, money and resources into initiatives that have a positive impact on the world around us. We believe in pushing boundaries and challenging perceptions, championing people, community, diversity, inclusion and sustainability.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to invite a fun, talented, prolific

Head Chefwho knows how to lead, support & inspire a team, and who's passionate about cuisine and wants to share that passion with their team & guests.

We would love to hear from you if you’ve got experience cooking fresh ingredients, managing a kitchen and you’re up for a new venture

. It’s an exciting time to join us as we’re looking forward to expanding in the coming years, with new openings on the horizon.

To say thanks for choosing us, we also offer our Head Chef and all teams:

• Free meals & drinks when working
• Free dining when visiting with family & friends
• Bike to work scheme
• Mental health and well-being support
• Financial health education and support
• Leadership training and development
• Birthday & Anniversary Treat - on your birthday and on your work anniversary, you'll receive a Caravan voucher to spend in any of our restaurants.
• Development and career progression, 80% of all our management roles are filled internally.

What you'll be doing as a Caravan Head Chef:

• You’ll be serving up our ‘well-travelled’ food, which is inspired by flavours from our founders’ native New Zealand, as well as their global travels.
• Support the restaurant team with our ‘Caravan of Love’ customer experience
• You will work with your General Manager to nurture and develop your team leading them from the front in every service.
• You will be open to learning in order to develop your knowledge and skills and you’ll take ownership of your role and your kitchen.
• We work with Fourth, FnB and Harri so it would be great if you have experience with these systems, although we can always show you the ropes if you haven’t.

We live by 4 core values. We expect our Head Chef andall ourteams to live, promote and role model these values at all times;

• Caravan of Love
• No boundaries
• Well-travelled
• All welcome

Sustainability

• We expect our teams to support environmental stewardship targets and efficiency goals by following departmental environmental policies and monitoring own usage of vital resources such as energy, disposable goods, and food waste, to name a few.

Diversity & Inclusion

• All our teams must respect individual differences with regards to identity, national and cultural background, and level of experience in all interactions while at work, including with members of the public.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Head Chef

Company: Caravan Restaurants and Coffee Roasters

Salary: £56,000 to £56,000 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: London, WC2B 5RH

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 15 Oct 2026

Closing date: 14 Nov 2026