Kitchen - Head Chef

Whitbreadrestaurants; Swansea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join The Waterfront Beefeater in Swansea as a Head Chef, taking your managerial career to the next level. You will lead the kitchen team, ensuring exceptional food quality and service, with guaranteed hours and a supportive work environment. Enjoy numerous benefits including training, discounts, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Training and support

Whitbread Benefits card

Company pension plan

Employee discounts

£40 meal voucher upon joining

Qualifications

• Experience in catering required.
• Management skills to lead kitchen team.
• Ability to prepare and cook meals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the kitchen team.
• Prepare, cook, and serve meals.
• Ensure a high standard of food quality.

Skills

Catering experience

Leadership

Passion for food

Job description

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We're currently hiring at The Waterfront Beefeater. Working 40 hours per week, paying up to £14.41 per hour

Head Chef – The Waterfront Beefeater

Come and be a Head Chef at The Waterfront Beefeater in Swansea. Take the next step in your managerial career by working closely with our Kitchen Manager in leading our kitchen team to prepare, cook and serve our mouth-watering meals. Immediate start, catering experience needed.

PAY RATE:

Up to £14.41 per hour

CONTRACT TYPE:

Permanent – we don’t do zero hours contracts!

HOURS:

40 hours per week – guaranteed hours to plan your week around

LOCATION:

Waterfront Development, The Langdon Road, Swansea SA1 8PL

Why you’ll love it here:

• Training and support:We’ve got the user-friendly equipment that will make your life easier from the start and the training that’ll give you a career path in our kitchens and beyond!
• Whitbread Benefits card:Enjoy up to 60% off Premier Inn rooms and 25% off meals in Whitbread Restaurants
• Pension and saving schemes: Company pension and save as you earn scheme
• Discounts: Get money off shops, your utility bills, travel, cinema trips, supermarkets and more
• Have a meal on us: You'll receive a £40 voucher to spend in our restaurant when you join us
  
  

What you’ll do:

Join our team at The Waterfront Beefeater as a Head Chef, as part of the kitchen team cooking the dishes our guests love. Use your passion for food to move your career forward and be part of the UK’s leading hospitality business, Whitbread.

We believe that everyone is unique and there should be no barriers to entry and no limits to ambition. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation that values diversity and welcomes your application whatever your background or situation.

Under-represented groups such as women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities & members of the LGBTQIA+ community (those who identify as lesbian, gay, bi, trans and non-binary or those who use a different LGBTQIA+ term), are strongly encouraged to build a career with us. Speak to us about workplace adjustments, part-time and flexible working. Where possible we will support this.

Job ref: 73745-4492

Advertised: 03 Jun 2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitality

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