Job Description
Hospitality Head Chef
Houston & Hawkes Central London, SW1E 5JL £45,000 per annum Monday to Friday
A rare and refined opportunity for an accomplished Hospitality Head Chef to lead a prestigious boutique hospitality kitchen in the heart of Central London - with your creativity, precision and standards centre stage.
Houston & Hawkes are seeking a talented Hospitality Head Chef to take full ownership of a small, premium client site - delivering exceptional food across formal dining, elegant buffets, canapé events and bespoke hospitality service. This is a focussed, high-standard operation where quality and guest experience are everything.
You will design refined seasonal menus, lead with confidence and build something genuinely special within an exclusive corporate environment. This is the kind of role where your touch is felt in every plate, every service and every guest interaction - and where the Monday to Friday pattern means you can do it all without compromise to your life outside work.
If you are passionate about fine dining, take pride in polished, elegant food experiences and want to lead a kitchen that truly reflects your standards - this is the role for you.
THE ROLE
As Hospitality Head Chef, you will have full creative and operational ownership of this boutique kitchen - from menu design through to service delivery - across a varied and prestigious hospitality programme.
- Leading a small, high-quality kitchen with full ownership of standards and output
- Delivering formal fine dining, elegant buffets and beautifully presented canapé events
- Preparing hospitality catering including working lunches and bespoke client requests
- Designing and evolving seasonal, refined menus with a focus on quality, creativity and presentation
- Maintaining exceptional consistency across every service, every time
- Managing stock, food cost and kitchen operations with efficiency and accuracy
- Building trusted relationships with clients and stakeholders, understanding and anticipating their needs
- Ensuring full compliance with food safety, allergen and hygiene standards at all times
ABOUT YOU
You are a refined, accomplished chef who takes enormous pride in your craft. You lead with calm authority, bring precision and creativity to everything you cook and genuinely care about the experience you create for every guest.
- Proven experience as a Hospitality Head Chef or strong Senior Sous Chef ready to take the next step
- A strong background in formal fine dining - essential
- Experience within corporate hospitality or premium client environments - highly desirable
- A genuine passion for high-quality, beautifully presented food
- Calm, professional and organised leadership style - you set the tone in the kitchen
- Confident managing a small team and delivering consistently exceptional standards
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Meticulous approach to food safety, allergen management and compliance
WHAT WE OFFER
- £45,000 per annum
- Monday to Friday - no weekends, exceptional work-life balance
- Prestigious Central London location
- Creative ownership of a boutique, high-quality hospitality kitchen
- Free meals at work every day
- Contributory pe
