Head Chef - Royal Albert Hall

Oak View Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hot meals on duty

Discounts across restaurants and Ven

Enhanced parental leave

Refer-a-friend bonuses

Corporate gym discounts

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Oak View Group in London seeks a Head Chef for Elgar Restaurant to oversee the premium, pre-show dining experience. You will lead the evening kitchen, craft seasonal menus, and drive a five-chef brigade to maintain top-tier quality and service.

You will champion a high-performing kitchen culture, manage costs, and deliver guest-centric experiences in a world-class venue, with strong development and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• An experienced Head Chef with a strong background in premium restaurant, hotel, or fine dining environments.
• A passion for delivering outstanding food and guest experiences within a quality-led hospitality setting.
• Proven leadership skills with experience developing and motivating successful kitchen teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing food costs, stock control, and kitchen performance.

Responsibilities

• Leading the evening kitchen operation of Elgar Restaurant, ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation, and service.
• Creating and delivering seasonal menus that enhance the guest experience and complement the restaurant's premium pre-show offering.
• Inspiring, managing, and developing a talented brigade of 5 chefs, fostering a positive, collaborative, and high-performing kitchen culture.

Skills

Head Chef

Premium dining

Leadership

Food cost control

Team development

Job description

About The Venue

Managed by Rhubarb Hospitality Collection, the iconic Royal Albert Hall operation consists of 3 restaurants, 14 bars, 1 retail outlet, 147 hospitality boxes and events for up to 2000 people.

Role Purpose

Join the iconic Royal Albert Hall as Head Chef of Elgar Restaurant, overseeing the culinary operation of this renowned pre-show dining destination. Open exclusively for evening service, Elgar Restaurant provides guests with an exceptional dining experience before world-class performances, combining premium food, seamless service, and a unique setting within one of London's most prestigious venues.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the evening kitchen operation of Elgar Restaurant, ensuring consistently high standards of food quality, presentation, and service
• Creating and delivering seasonal menus that enhance the guest experience and complement the restaurant's premium pre-show offering
• Inspiring, managing, and developing a talented brigade of 5 chefs, fostering a positive, collaborative, and high-performing kitchen culture

What We're Looking For

• An experienced Head Chef with a strong background in premium restaurant, hotel, or fine dining environments
• A passion for delivering outstanding food and guest experiences within a quality-led hospitality setting
• Proven leadership skills with experience developing and motivating successful kitchen teams
• Strong commercial awareness and experience managing food costs, stock control, and kitchen performance

This role offers a salary of up to £56,180 per annum with normal finishing time around 9pm. As Elgar Restaurant operates exclusively as a pre-performance evening dining destination, you'll lead a focused service that plays a key part in guests' Royal Albert Hall experience. You'll benefit from ongoing training and management development programmes to support your career progression, hot meals on duty, and a 40% discount across restaurants and venues. Additional benefits include enhanced parental leave, refer-a-friend bonuses, corporate gym discounts, and excellent opportunities for internal progression within a respected and growing hospitality business.

Our Inclusion Commitments

OVG is for everyone. Diversity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence.

Wherever you come from, wherever you are going, we’d love to hear from you.

If you need any additional support or adjustments with your application, let us know and we will work with you to ensure you have everything you need.

Employee Screening and Eligibility to Work

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process.

Oak View Group is reinventing the way the world comes together. Driven by a passion to revolutionise the live events industry with dynamic thinking and an unshakeable dedication to those we serve, OVG turns up the volume on what makes life extraordinary. From inspired development to curated hospitality, from brand innovation to premium for all, OVG is setting new standards and redefining expectations for everyone.