Head Chef

Black Bear Burger; London, Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading burger company in London is seeking a Head Chef to lead their kitchen team. The role involves managing kitchen operations, maintaining high standards of hygiene, and developing menus. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, including service charge and bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive share of service charge and tips

28 days holiday

Employee referral scheme

Friends and Family Discount

Career Progression planning

Free staff meals

Top Staff Parties

Management Meals out

Qualifications

• Previous head chef and management experience required.
• Experience in running kitchen service and managing a team.

Responsibilities

• Running the service element of the kitchen.
• Managing hygiene, cleanliness, and health standards.
• Stock management and team development.

Skills

Management

Hygiene Standards

Stock Management

Menu Development

Tools

Food Alert

Supy

Planday

Flow

VitaMojo

Job description

Black Bear Burger is not your typical burger joint – our ethos is ‘simple, done well’ – we don’t mess around with gimmicks. We use the best beef we can get our hands on and everything in our burgers is there to enhance the flavour of that beef! We've built a huge following of fans (both in person and online) and get daily burger pilgrims travelling from across the country to try our food. We've featured on Top Jaws best burger in London, Bloggers choice at the 2024 National Burger Awards and recently won Best burger at the 2025 National Burger Awards.. As a company we currently have 9 sites with more planned on the horizon in. We're on a really great journey, and we're looking to bring pro-active, dynamic and career driven people on board to grow with us on that journey.. **THE ROLE**. As Head Chef, you'll be working in leading your team from the front, drawing on previous head chef and management experience. We want to bring in someone who is going to be proud of what we do, as we're continually working hard to be top of our game in the competitive burger market.. Key responsibilities for the role are:. - Running the service element of the kitchen (cooking standards, prep levels, managing the team). - Hygiene and Cleanliness levels + Health and Safety Standards (Due Diligence, Record Keeping, overall compliance.). - Stock Management (Ordering, minimising wastage, staying on top of rotation). - Management of the team (development and training, rotas, recruitment, maintaining great team culture). - Menu Development with the group head chef, designing specials.. . . **Systems**. **Food Alert** (Due Dilligence), **Supy** (ordering and stock), **Planday** (Rotas), Flow(Training and development), **VitaMojo** (Tills). **Perks**. - Competitive share of service charge and tips. - 28 days holiday. - Employee referral scheme (refer someone in and get £200). - Friends and Family Discount. - Career Progression planning. - Free staff meals + Swaps with other exciting businesses.. - Top Staff Parties. - Management Meals out.. - The role is Salary and based on 48h/wk, made up from £34k basic, £9+ tronc, (£4k KPI bonus, 2.6k Deliveroo bonus, if targets are hit)

Experience: Required
Languages: English – Advanced
Employment: Full-time
Salary: £34,000 – £48,000 yearly
Benefits: Service charge
Starting time: Immediate start!

About Black Bear Burger:

We have one of the best burgers in London, focus on quality and make everything fresh, there is nothing frozen on our menu! We have a fun and positive team and always looking to take on great people in our 4 sites!