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Head Chef - Cotswolds £45,000 - £50,000 + Bonus + Tips

Jubilee Catering Recruitment
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 19 days
Location

Stroud, Gloucestershire GL53DQ, England

Salary

£45,000 - £50,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • This position is for a chef looking to elevate a reputable kitchen into a destination restaurant.
  • The salary is £55,000 with additional performance bonuses and tips, along with benefits like private medical insurance and a training budget.
  • The chef will take full ownership of the kitchen, leading a small team and creating seasonal dishes using local suppliers.
  • Candidates should have strong leadership skills, a passion for local sourcing, and a minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
  • The restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, allowing for a strong work-life balance.

This is an exciting opportunity for a chef who wants to push the business forward, elevate the food offering, and turn an already reputable kitchen into a genuine destination restaurant.

Benefits

  • £55,000 + performance bonus + tips
  • Private medical insurance
  • Free on-site parking
  • Wednesday–Saturday lunch & dinner | Sunday lunch only
  • Closed Monday & Tuesday
  • Training & development budget
  • Strong work-life balance

The Role

You’ll take full ownership of the kitchen, shaping menus, leading the team, and using the hotel’s two kitchen gardens and local suppliers to create outstanding seasonal dishes. The business is looking for a chef who can:

  • Strengthen the brand and reposition the venue as a restaurant with rooms
  • Develop food-led events, new services, and stronger local engagement
  • Maintain GP at 70 and manage kitchen wage budgets
  • Drive social media presence and champion the provenance of ingredients
  • Lead, mentor and grow a small, talented brigade
  • Deliver consistency that builds recognition, reviews and repeat business

About You

  • Passionate about seasonality, local sourcing, foraging and kitchen gardens
  • Strong leader with excellent communication and team development skills
  • Commercially aware with good understanding of GP, costing and budgeting
  • Creative, ambitious, and motivated to push the business forward
  • Collaborative, working closely with FOH and ownership

If you’re driven, ambitious and want the platform to put your stamp on a growing Cotswolds destination restaurant, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV.

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