Head Chef

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Wickford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No evening work

Staff discounts

Closed holidays

Meal discount

Job summary

British Garden Centres is seeking a Head Chef to run the kitchen across its family-owned group. You’ll manage menu planning, ingredient sourcing, stock control, and ensure kitchen policies are followed. The role emphasizes staff training and delivering a first-class culinary service. Salary negotiable based on experience.

We offer a family-style working environment with no evening work and employee discounts. If you are passionate about quality and creativity, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen operations including menu planning, food ordering, and stock control.
• Ensure all kitchen policies and procedures are followed and staff are compliant.
• Train, motivate, and inspire kitchen team to deliver first-class culinary service.

Job description

About Us

British Garden Centres is the UK’s largest family-owned garden centre group, with 80 centres nationwide. Founded by the Stubbs family, the business has grown rapidly through significant expansion and acquisitions, evolving from its first site at Woodthorpe Garden Centre into a national brand.

The group now includes garden centres, restaurants, nurseries, and distribution centres, employing more than 3,500 colleagues across the UK. Despite its scale, British Garden Centres maintains strong family values, a community focus, and a commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for both customers and employees.

We are looking for a Head Chef to manage the efficient operation of the kitchen this includes helping decide which Chefs special to have available, food ordering, stock control etc., together with ensuring that all kitchen policies and procedures are up to date and staff are compliant with them. Equally important is the training, motivation, and inspiration of the kitchen team to deliver a first-class culinary service.

If you are looking for a role where you are given the opportunity to take pride in your work, where you can create your own ideas for specials and home baking.

We would love to hear from you. Salary negotiable on experience.

What we offer:

• No evening work, split shifts or unsociable hours, year-round business.
• Security of working in a well-established expanding family business & the associated benefits
• Rate of pay negotiable, dependent upon skills and experience.
• Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day & Easter Sunday
• 50% meal discount at any BGC restaurant & 20% discount at any BGC store, additionally discount rates available for Woodthorpe Leisure Park.