Head Chef

Ian; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-award-winning contract catering company is seeking an experienced Head Chef for their Central London location. You will create seasonal, nutritious menus and lead your team while ensuring the highest kitchen standards. Your role includes engaging with customers to inspire and innovate menu offerings. Benefits include masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs, fully funded development courses, and various retail discounts. Join a vibrant team dedicated to culinary excellence and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

Annual day off for your birthday

Monthly masterclasses with Michelin-starred chefs

Fully funded development courses

Cycle-to-work scheme

Paid leave for volunteering

Free lunch every workday

24/7 access to mental health resources

Qualifications

• Proven experience in kitchen management and creating balanced menus.
• Ability to lead, recruit, and develop a kitchen team.
• Strong communication skills for customer interaction and team engagement.

Responsibilities

• Create seasonal, balanced menus inspired by ingredients.
• Recruit and develop your own kitchen team.
• Interact with customers to gather feedback and inspiration.

Skills

Kitchen management

Engaging communication

Team leadership

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.

Explore all benefits and more by visiting BM Caterers website