Head Chef

Ch Co; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 55 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Personal Development

Life assurance

Pension

Holiday allowance

Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy

Family friendly support

Social events

Holiday purchase

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

Discount vouchers

Résumé du poste

CH&CO is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead our busy workplace catering operation in London. The role focuses on delivering high-quality breakfast, lunch, hospitality and event food across multiple services while managing a kitchen team.

You will drive menu development, control costs, and ensure top-level food hygiene and safety. The role requires hands-on leadership in a fast-paced environment with strong commercial awareness.

Qualifications

• Seasoned Head Chef with workplace catering or high-volume kitchen experience.
• Proven ability to lead busy breakfast, lunch, hospitality and events services.
• Strong menu development skills including seasonal and event menus.
• Commercial awareness: food costs, stock, labour and budgets.

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day kitchen operations across catering, retail, hospitality and events.
• Deliver high-quality food across all service periods and formats.
• Motivate, develop and manage the kitchen team and on-site staff.
• Plan diverse food offers including staff dining, buffets and plated dining.
• Develop creative menus that meet client expectations and seasonal needs.
• Manage procurement, stock, labour and costs to achieve financial targets.
• Maintain exceptional food hygiene, safety, and customer service standards.
• Collaborate with Catering Manager and hospitality teams for meetings and events.
• Remain hands-on in kitchen while managing peak service demands.

Connaissances

Leadership

Menu development

Food cost control

High-volume service

Staff training

Team motivation

Description du poste

We areCH&COa collection ofspecialist businessesandmarket leading brands.

We want our people to love what they do and have fun. We celebrate diversity, and our inclusive culture encourages everyone to bring their whole self to work every day. Working at CH&CO gives our teams the opportunity to work across all of our brands, experiencing the variety of our business and the services we deliver. We are currently recruiting for a Head Chef.

Head Chef

Location: London

Salary: Up to £50,000 per annuum

Shift Pattern: 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day kitchen operation across busy workplace catering, retail, hospitality and event services.
• Deliver consistently high-quality food across breakfast, lunch, hospitality and events, including high-volume services.
• Lead, motivate and develop the kitchen team, bringing in additional support when required.
• Plan and deliver a variety of food offers, including staff dining, buffets, events, bowl food, finger food and plated dining.
• Develop creative, seasonal and rotational menus that meet customer and client expectations.
• Manage food ordering, stock, labour, food costs and budgets, ensuring strong commercial performance.
• Maintain excellent standards of food quality, presentation and customer experience.
• Work closely with the Catering Manager and wider hospitality team to deliver meetings, functions and events successfully.
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene, health & safety and compliance.
• Remain hands‑on in the kitchen, while effectively planning and organising busy and changing service demands.

Our Ideal Candidate

• An experienced Head Chef or strong senior chef with a background in workplace catering, hospitality, events or another high-volume food operation.
• Confident leading busy breakfast, lunch, hospitality and event services.
• Experience managing high-volume catering and multiple food offers would be highly desirable.
• A strong people leader who can motivate, develop and organise a kitchen team.
• Creative and confident with menu development, including seasonal, rotational and event menus.
• Commercially aware, with a good understanding of food costs, stock, labour and budget management.
• Passionate about delivering great food, presentation and service.
• Highly organised and comfortable managing several priorities at once.
• Hands‑on, proactive and adaptable, with the ability to respond quickly to changing business needs.Comfortable working closely with operational and hospitality teams in a fast‑paced environment.
• Experience with premium or fine dining would be an advantage but is not essential.

What's in it for you?

Working with CH&CO has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.

• 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