We’re looking for a Relief Chef / Chef Manager to drive menu innovation, mentor kitchen teams, and ensure consistent excellence across multiple sites throughout the midlands.
Key responsibilities
- Maintaining exceptional food safety, hygiene, and allergen controls
- Ensuring full compliance with HACCP, EHO, and Genuine Dining standards
- Leading a strong food safety culture through training, coaching, and attention to detail
- Delivering consistent quality and safe systems across all retail services
- Creativity & Menu Innovation
- Design and deliver modern, exciting menus that encourage engagement and repeat visits
- Champion seasonal produce and premium ingredients
- Balance innovation with volume, pace, and commercial awareness
- Drive sustainable practices, reducing food waste and carbon impact
Qualifications & Skills
- Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene Certificate
- NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 Professional Cookery (or equivalent)
- Food Allergen Awareness Traini
- Menu planning and development
- High-volume food production
- Modern cooking techniques
- Special dietary requirements management
- Recipe standardisation
- Food presentation and quality control
- Passionate about food
- Creative and innovative
- Organised and detail-oriented
- Calm under pressure
- Commercially aware
- Strong communicators
- Customer-focused
- Results-driven
- Excellent team leaders
What We Offer
- Monday to Friday schedule – enjoy your weekends!
- Employee assistance programme/ Hospitality action
- Great location – Central London office building
- Supportive team environment with training and progression opportunities within the company
- Training investment
- Meals and drinks while on shift
Interested?
We’d love to hear from you. Apply today and bring your energy, passion, and leadership skills to a role where your input truly matters
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Enhanced maternity & paternity
- New parents voucher
- Voucher for newlyweds
- Referral bonus
- Annual GDC party / Company events