Head Chef | Lead Kitchen Team & Flexible Hours

Lexington-Catering; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals

Flexible working

Time to unwind

Leave for life’s important moments

Give back time

Room to grow

Financial security

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

Lexington is seeking a proactive Head Chef to lead a catering team, driving culinary excellence and cost control across operations. You will recruit, train, and develop staff while maintaining stock within budget and ensuring smooth client liaison for operational success.

Responsibilities include COSHH, Food Safety, H&S compliance, and upholding duty of care to customers and colleagues. Working pattern: 40 hours/week, 6:30am–3pm with flexibility as needed.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership ability with a proactive, hands-on approach.
• Genuine interest in customer service excellence.
• Catering experience essential with chef skills.
• 2+ years experience as Head Chef or Sous Chef ready for their next step.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting, training, supporting and people development to deliver an efficient, high quality service to Elior UK, customer and client
• Maintaining, ordering and controlling food stocks within budget
• Ensuring ongoing team communications, including building internal and external relationships, management reporting and client liaison to enable operational excellence
• Accountable for COSHH, Food Safety, H&S, legal regulations, environmental policies and duty of care to customer and colleagues

Skills

Leadership

Catering experience

Chef skills

People development

Job description

Lexington is seeking a proactive Head Chef to lead a catering team, driving culinary excellence and cost control across operations. You will recruit, train, and develop staff while maintaining stock within budget and ensuring smooth client liaison for operational success.

Responsibilities include COSHH, Food Safety, H&S compliance, and upholding duty of care to customers and colleagues. Working pattern: 40 hours/week, 6:30am–3pm with flexibility as needed.