Head Chef, Restaurant

Tate; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff meal allowance

Performance & service awards

Employee Assistance Program

Mental Health Allies

Cycle scheme

Eyecare vouchers

Producer & Supplier Trips

Beverage training & tastings

Great discounts in our shops and cafés

Free entry to exhibitions for you and

friends and family

Job summary

Tate Eats is seeking a passionate Head Chef for the Tate Modern Restaurant. You will lead a dynamic kitchen team, design bespoke menus, and ensure outstanding quality and service in a high-profile cultural setting.

Join a multi-faceted operation with strong sustainability values, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within the Tate family.

Qualifications

• Experience in a restaurant kitchen and delivering high standards of cuisine.
• Ability to manage a kitchen team, stock, and cost controls while maintaining hygiene.
• Knowledge of COSHH and food safety regulations and best practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen team and deliver bespoke menus at Tate Modern Restaurant.
• Manage stock, equipment, and cost controls to minimize waste.
• Ensure the highest hygiene standards and compliance with food safety regulations.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Food safety

Stock management

COSHH knowledge

Budgeting

Team management

Job description

Head Chef, Restaurant

Tate Eats is unique in the cultural world, a hospitality business whose purpose supports the vision and reach of Tate in all four of its galleries. All our profits are returned to Tate championing the right to the richness of art for everyone.

Our business is multi-faceted, we run restaurants, cafés and bars while delivering a vast range of events from film premieres to boardroom lunches. We are though much more than that, we have a pioneering roastery setting the agenda on gender equality in the coffee supply chain. We brew beer, we blend gin, we create teas, we have a multi award‑winning wine programme, we visit farms, we research and write menus in response to Tate’s diverse programme, and we collaborate with artists and curators.

Job Introduction

We are looking for a passionate, knowledgeable and experienced Head Chef to join our Restaurant team at Tate Modern! Become part of the Tate Eats dynamic team and be part of Tate. We offer a supportive, engaging working environment that is inspired by our surroundings and the creative institution we support. You will be able to express yourself, be challenged to think differently while working flexibly and collaboratively across teams. Tate Eats offers you the opportunity to grow personally and professionally in a nurturing, diverse business.

As well as a great place to work, we offer excellent benefits and development opportunities.

Our Benefits Include

• Staff meal allowance
• Performance & service awards
• Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health Allies, Cycle scheme, and Eyecare vouchers
• Producer & Supplier Trips
• Beverage training & tastings
• Great discounts in our shops and catering outlets
• Free entry to exhibitions for you, your friends and family.

The ideal candidate will be working within the Tate Modern, delivering bespoke menus and producing outstanding food for the Tate Modern Restaurant. We want to be the best gallery catering facility in the world, with a strong commitment to quality, service and sustainability in the food and drink we serve. The successful candidate should share this passion and have proven experience in an restaurant kitchen environment with developing knowledge of and skill with food, in line with Tate Eats’ ethos. They will have experience of managing a kitchen team, managing stock and equipment, cost control and minimizing waste and work to the highest hygiene standards with knowledge of COSHH and food safety.

Attached Documents

• Tate Eats Benefits Summary - Heads of Department.pdf
• Head Chef Level 6 - August 2026.pdf

Salary and Details

• Salary £60,000 per annum plus 10% performance-based bonus, tronc, and great benefits!
• Frequency Monthly - Salaried
• Working Hours 47.5
• Job Reference TE/TP/699/841
• Contract Type Permanent- Full Time
• Contract Details 47.5 hours per week, permanent.
• Closing Date 2 October, 2026
• Job Category Kitchen Operations
• Business Unit Eats
• Location Tate Modern, United Kingdom
• Posted on 7 August, 2026