Head Chef

Gather + Gather; Greater London; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal Development and Training

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy and EAP

Family friendly support

Social events

Holiday purchase scheme

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

Discount vouchers

Job summary

Gather and Gather in London is seeking a Head Chef to lead and inspire our kitchen team. You will oversee high-standard food preparation, menu planning, and timely service while ensuring ingredients align with client expectations.

Join a creative, award-winning team with strong focus on food quality, hygiene, and staff development. Competitive pay and comprehensive perks are offered, including health support and wellbeing initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience as Head Chef or senior kitchen role.
• COSSH and Food Hygiene training up to date.

Responsibilities

• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard.
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers.
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus.
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations.
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers.
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard.
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team.
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance.
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training.

Job description

Great food in the workplace isn’t simply about fuel.It’s about increasing productivity and improving performance; it’s about happy, motivated people and inspiring environments. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – we live to bring food and people together.

We are brave, bold and curious adventurers in food and drink. Never shy of being different, always challenging the conventional.

Our passionate team of chefs, baristas, servers, nutritionists and much more, love nothing more than creating memorable moments that enrich the everyday. Come and join our award-winning teams – we are currently recruiting for a Head Chef to join our team at in London.

Location: London, WC1H 9EN

Working Pattern: 5,7/ 40 hours per week

Rate of Pay: £45,320 per annum

Key Responsibilities

• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training

What's in it for you?

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!