Kitchen Manager

OneRetail; London; On-site; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality group in London is seeking a passionate Kitchen Manager to oversee a busy kitchen team. This full-time role involves both hands-on cooking and team leadership, ensuring high standards and food safety. Ideal candidates have experience in a fast-paced environment and a genuine love for food. Attractive benefits include career progression and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Career progression and training

Wellbeing support

Holiday purchase scheme

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Strong background as a Chef/Kitchen Manager, experience leading a busy kitchen team.
• Passion for cooking and keeping food exciting, modern, and consistent.
• Excellent organisational skills with a focus on efficiency and standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a consistently high-quality menu and manage a team of chefs.
• Drive kitchen standards, ensuring efficiency and food safety.
• Manage stock, orders, and budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Cooking

Organisational Skills

Collaboration

Job description

Kitchen Manager - Grind (Waterloo Station)

£34000 per annum

We’re on the lookout for a passionate Kitchen Manager to lead our team at Grind, bringing fresh ideas and real flair to our food offering. This is a full-time role (40 hours per week) where you’ll combine hands-on cooking with team leadership, ensuring every dish is delivered to the highest standard.

As Kitchen Manager, you’ll play a vital role in shaping the kitchen culture, inspiring chefs, and delivering a menu that excites customers every day.

What you’ll be doing:

• Cooking and overseeing a consistently high-quality menu
• Leading and developing a team of chefs, supporting them to grow and thrive
• Driving kitchen standards, ensuring efficiency, food safety, and compliance are second nature
• Managing stock, orders, and budgets to keep everything running smoothly
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where innovation and individuality shine
• Working with wider management to elevate the customer experience and bring new food concepts to life

What we’re looking for:

• A strong background as a Chef/Kitchen Manager, with experience leading a busy kitchen team
• A passion for cooking and keeping food exciting, modern, and consistent
• Great people leadership - you know how to motivate and inspire others
• Excellent organisational skills with a focus on efficiency and standards
• A collaborative spirit with the drive to make an impact and deliver results

What you’ll get in return:

We believe people are at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll enjoy a range of benefits and development opportunities:

• Career progression in Compass Group, with training and development to match your ambitions
• Access to wellbeing support, including our Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday purchase scheme and life assurance
• Discounts across big-name retailers and high-street brands

If you’re ambitious, creative, and thrive in a buzzing kitchen environment, this is your chance to take the lead at Compass Group.