Regional Chef | Lead Multi-Site Culinary Excellence

Aramark; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Cycle to Work

Health cash plans

Online GP appointments

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Aramark UK is seeking a Regional Chef to lead culinary excellence across Workplace, Health and Education sites in the Midlands. You’ll provide strategic culinary leadership, coach kitchen teams, deliver consistent high-quality menus, and drive service improvements across multiple sites within your region.

The role demands proven senior kitchen leadership across multi-site operations, strong HACCP and allergen management, cost control, and effective stakeholder engagement with clients and

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef, Lead Chef, Executive Chef, Regional Chef, or similar senior culinary position.
• Experience operating within contract catering, education, healthcare, business & industry, or multi-site environments.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities with a passion for developing people.
• Excellent culinary knowledge and a commitment to delivering high-quality, nutritious food.
• Strong understanding of food safety, hygiene, HACCP, allergens and compliance.
• Strong commercial awareness, including food costs, labour management, stock control, and waste reduction.

Responsibilities

• Provide culinary leadership across a portfolio of Workplace, Health, and Education sites.
• Support sites with operational challenges, chef shortages, mobilisations, and service improvement initiatives.
• Coach, mentor, and develop chefs and kitchen teams.
• Support menu development, recipe standardisation, allergen management, and nutritional requirements.
• Drive excellence in food quality, presentation, service delivery, and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct site visits, audits, and quality reviews.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, HACCP, allergen, and health and safety requirements.
• Support stock management, food cost control, purchasing compliance, and waste reduction.
• Build relationships with operational leaders, clients, and site teams.
• Contribute to new contract mobilisations, projects, and business improvement activities.

Skills

Regional leadership

People development

Food safety knowledge

Multi-site operations

Menu development

Job description

Aramark UK is seeking a Regional Chef to lead culinary excellence across Workplace, Health and Education sites in the Midlands. You’ll provide strategic culinary leadership, coach kitchen teams, deliver consistent high-quality menus, and drive service improvements across multiple sites within your region.

The role demands proven senior kitchen leadership across multi-site operations, strong HACCP and allergen management, cost control, and effective stakeholder engagement with clients and