Head Chef

Monday to Friday | £50,000 | London

Houston & Hawkes is looking for an experienced Head Chef to lead one of our prestigious workplace hospitality sites. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate chef with a strong background in retail, hospitality and fine dining, who enjoys creating exceptional food experiences while leading and developing a high-performing team.

This role combines a vibrant retail food offer with premium hospitality and fine dining events, making every day different. You'll have the opportunity to showcase your creativity, deliver exceptional standards and build an outstanding food culture within the site.

Lead the day-to-day operation of a busy kitchen

Deliver an exceptional retail food offer with fresh, seasonal menus

Create outstanding hospitality and fine dining experiences

Inspire, coach and develop your kitchen team

Manage food cost, labour and GP performance

Build strong client relationships and exceed expectations

Maintain the highest food safety and compliance standards

Drive innovation and continuously improve the food offer

Previous experience as a Head Chef within premium contract catering, hotels or restaurants

Strong retail and hospitality experience

A genuine passion for fine dining and exceptional presentation

Excellent leadership and people management skills

Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets and food costs

Creativity, organisation and attention to detail

A positive, hands-on approach with a passion for developing other

£50,000 salary plus overtime

Monday to Friday working pattern

Birthday off every year

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Free meals on duty

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

CODE Hospitality membership

Exclusive masterclasses with award-winning chef Sally Abé, offering hands-on learning, fresh inspiration and the opportunity to develop your culinary skills alongside one of the UK's most respected chefs

Foodie Socials

Ongoing learning, development and genuine career progression

Summer Awards Party celebrating our people and achievements

Christmas Party at one of London's outstanding venues

Houston & Hawkes is an independent, award-winning contract caterer delivering exceptional workplace hospitality across London. As a Certified B Corp, recipient of the King's Award for Enterprise and one of The Caterer's Best Places to Work in Hospitality, we're committed to creating incredible food, developing talented people and building careers that last.