We’re recruiting an Executive Chef to lead a premium, multi-site Contract Catering portfolio across London & Surrey, delivering a strong mix of hospitality-led fine dining and high-quality retail food offers.

This is a great opportunity for an Executive Chef with multi-site experience, a Contract Catering background, and a passion for elevating food standards, hospitality and team performance in London & Surrey!

The offer

• Up to £65,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday operation
• Senior, multi-site Executive Chef role
• Package including pension, healthcare, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits!
• •Genuine scope to elevate and develop the food offer

The operation

• Multi-site portfolio across London & Surrey.
• High-volume of hospitality & fine dining focus, small amount of retail in London.
• Retail offer includes hot food, cold food, salad bar, and grab & go.
• Surrey site offers high-volume retail offering.
• Daytime-focused operations with consistent weekday footfall.
• Clear brief to elevate and modernise the food offer across sites

The role

• Provide strategic culinary leadership across all sites.
• Drive food quality, innovation and consistency across hospitality and retail.
• Develop menus that are relevant, seasonal and market leading.
• Lead, mentor and support Head Chefs across hospitality and retail operations.
• Ensure excellence across food safety, compliance, cost control and stock management.
• Act as a senior culinary ambassador, supporting client engagement and long-term partnerships.

The Executive Chef

• Proven Executive Chef experience across multiple sites within Contract Catering.
• Strong background in hospitality-driven, fine-dining environments.
• Reliable, consistent and committed to long-term roles.

If you are keen to discuss the details further, please apply today or send your cv to yasmin at COREcruitment dot com