Chef Manager

CHEF MANAGER

Camden | £45,000 per annum | Monday to Friday | 40 hours per week

Fresh food. Strong leadership. Exceptional standards.

Houston & Hawkes is looking for an experienced Chef Manager to lead a quality workplace catering operation in Camden.

We're looking for someone with creativity, confidence and a genuine passion for fresh food - a hands-on chef and natural leader who takes pride in every detail. You'll take ownership of the kitchen, inspire your team, build a strong relationship with the client and ensure the food offer is delivered with consistency, quality and personality every day.

THE ROLE

• Lead the day-to-day kitchen operation, delivering fresh, seasonal food to consistently high standards.
• Lead, motivate and develop the kitchen team, creating a positive, professional and well-organised working environment.
• Create appealing seasonal menus using quality ingredients and bring creativity and flair to the food offer.
• Prepare and deliver outstanding meals and hospitality as required.
• Take ownership of food quality, presentation and consistency across the operation.
• Build strong and trusted relationships with the client and customers.
• Manage stock, ordering, budgets and food costs with strong commercial awareness.
• Plan effectively for service, production and changing business requirements.
• Maintain excellent standards of food safety, cleanliness, allergen management and compliance.
• Drive innovation and continually look for ways to develop and improve the food offer.

ABOUT YOU

• Previous experience as a Chef Manager, or a strong Senior Sous Chef ready to take ownership of an operation.
• A genuine passion for fresh, seasonal food with strong craft skills and an eye for presentation.
• A confident people leader with excellent organisation, planning and time-management skills.
• Commercially aware, with experience managing food costs, stock and kitchen budgets.
• An excellent communicator who takes pride in building strong client relationships and delivering consistently high standards.

WHY JOIN HOUSTON & HAWKES?

You'll be joining an award-winning independent business that genuinely invests in its people, celebrates success and creates opportunities to develop.

• Your birthday off every year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Free meals on duty
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• CODE Hospitality membership, giving you access to one of the UK's leading hospitality communities
• Foodie Socials - bringing our teams together to share new concepts, seasonal food and drink ideas and the creativity happening across Houston & Hawkes
• Ongoing learning, development and genuine opportunities for career progression
• Our Summer Awards Party - celebrating the people, achievements and successes across Houston & Hawkes
• An unforgettable Christmas Party at one of London's outstanding venues - bringing the whole business together to celebrate the year in true Houston & Hawkes style
• Monday to Friday working pattern

ABOUT HOUSTON & HAWKES

Houston & Hawkes is an independent, award-winning contract caterer creating exceptional workplace food and hospitality experiences across some of the UK's most prestigious client sites.

We're a Certified B Corp, recipient of the King's Award for Enterprise and proud to be recognised among the UK's Best Places to Work in Hospitality.

If you're an experienced Chef Manager who combines great food with strong leadership, commercial awareness and genuine pride in your operation, we would love to hear from you.

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