Head Chef- Monday - Friday - Full Time - London

We are  CH&CO a collection of  specialist businesses and  market leading brands .

We want our people to love what they do and have fun. We celebrate diversity, and our inclusive culture encourages everyone to bring their whole self to work every day.  Working at CH&CO gives our teams the opportunity to work across all of our brands, experiencing the variety of our business and the services we deliver. We are currently recruiting for a Head Chef to work with us in our central production unit to provide meals for our workplace catering brands.

Location: SW19 8UH

Salary: £65,000 per annum + amazing benefits

Working pattern: Monday - Friday - 40 hours per week - 7am to 3.30pm

Key Responsibilities:

• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations
• Recipe building
• Online nutritics system management
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers

• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team of 15 chefs, 6 Kitchen Porters and 2 storeman
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training

Our ideal candidate:

• Experienced in high volume food service- we serve 2,500+ meals each day
• Aware of global food trends
• Comfortable to cook cuisines from around the world
• Comfortable to liaise with clients
• Innovative and creative with menu development
• Confident with menu costings

What's in it for you?

Working with CH&CO has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy. 

• Personal Development and Training opportunities 
• Life assurance scheme 
• Pension scheme 
• Holiday allowance 
• Private medical eligibility 
• Eye care 
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance 
• Family friendly support 

• Regular social events and communication with our leaders 
• A holiday purchase scheme 
• Volunteering days 
• Professional subscriptions 
• Recognition schemes and people awards 
• Long service awards 
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers 

About Us

As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.

Job Reference: com/1208/42585001/52755925/SU #CH&CO

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!