Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 + Performance Bonus + Paid Overtime
Location: South West London
Hours: Monday–Friday | 8am–5:30pm | Additional event hours

Are you a Event Head Chef with multi-site experience who loves exceptional food, leading chefs and delivering incredible events?

I'm recruiting a Head Chef for an established luxury events catering business in South-West London.

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead two, premium central production kitchens, while overseeing food quality and delivery across multiple venues and events.

You'll have real influence over the food, the team and the wider culinary operation.

Salary & Benefits

• £60,000 to £70,000 salary.
• Performance-related bonus.
• Paid overtime for additional event hours.
• Predominantly Monday–Friday.
• Regular daytime production hours.
• Creative input and senior leadership responsibility.
• Opportunity to work on prestigious UK events.

The Operation

• Luxury events and premium catering.
• Busy central production kitchen.
• Multiple venues and event locations.
• Fine dining, private events and corporate hospitality.
• Modern European and seasonal menus.
• Established brigade with senior culinary support.
• Strong focus on sustainability and local ingredients.

The Role

• Lead the central production kitchen and culinary team.
• Oversee food standards across multiple sites and events.
• Plan production for several events simultaneously.
• Maintain exceptional food quality at high volume.
• Manage kitchen staffing, schedules and logistics.
• Support chefs and teams across different locations.
• Lead selected VIP events and premium dining services.
• Oversee GP, food costs, labour and kitchen performance.
• Work closely with events and operations teams.
• Develop chefs and drive continuous improvement.

About You

• Experienced Head Chef, Executive Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef.
• Multi-site catering or multi-venue experience essential.
• Background in luxury events, fine dining, premium hospitality or five-star hotels.
• Confident managing large-scale food production.
• Strong experience leading and developing kitchen teams.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Commercially aware, with strong GP and labour control.
• Passionate about seasonal food, creativity and presentation.
• Hands-on, adaptable and confident working across locations.

And with a predominantly Monday–Friday schedule, performance bonus and paid overtime, the package is particularly attractive!

Apply today or send your CV to yasmin AT corecruitment DOT com