UK Chef Recruitment Agency - permanent Chef jobs

Offering a Chef talent search for a wide range of kitchens

Supporting the Hospitality and Catering industry with Chef Recruitment – helping companies to find permanent Chefs for a wide range of kitchens across the UK.

Welcome to our Chef Recruitment webpage – we are proud to be a UK based SME supporting the UK Hospitality sector, our team are all 100% based in the UK. Our team of UK based chef consultants understand the market and closely work with hotels and restaurants in the country, including Hotels, Gastro pubs, fresh food restaurants, award-winning rosette and Michelin establishments.

Our passion lies in helping chef job seekers land their dream roles. Whether you’re an aspiring kitchen professional or a restaurant searching for the perfect chef addition to your team, we are your go-to search agency. Our Finders service is designed to alleviate the difficulties of recruiting chefs amidst an existing skills shortage in the UK. Our team of recruiters has over time built a network of chefs, and we’re confident of finding a match for our clients’ requirements, no matter the location.

If you’re struggling to find a chef, we can help by getting the word out about your restaurant and the benefits of working there. We can work with you to communicate your value proposition to chefs, resulting in the perfect matches. Recruiting chefs requires more than just posting job openings and hoping for results – it requires a tailored strategy, knowledge of the industry, and negotiation skills.

We specialise in working with major players in the industry, including Michelin Restaurants, Rosette awarded, Branded Restaurants, Contract Catering and Hotels. As part of our commitment to helping you find the right candidate, our interview tip page contains a range of effective strategies and questions that hiring managers can ask chefs.

If you’re looking to take the next step in your culinary career or recruit a chef, we are here to help.The 3 services we offer our clients who are recruiting a chef:

👨‍🍳 HtE SELECT – This is the traditional matching on a no win no fee method. Charged at a % of the annual salary as a one off fee once a candidate starts with you. 

🤝 HtE PARTNER – This is for clients who want to partner with us to help find talent, this service has a small engagement fee and then a lower finders fee.

🗓️HtE ADVANTAGE – This is our subscription service for clients looking for lower rates for 12 months. 

Call our team for an informal chat – and we’ll take it from there.

Here is the latest job vacancy list within our chef division – click here

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Chef Job Roles Available at HtE Recruitment

Our Chef Job Roles

Senior:

  • Exec Chef
  • Head Chef
  • Sous Chef
  • Pastry Chef
  • Junior Sous chef

Line level:

  • Senior Chef De Partie
  • Chef De Partie
  • Pastry Chef De Partie
  • Commis Chef
  • Sushi Chef

Types of places:

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Our Locations

Locations:

Our Chef Recruitment Agency division recruit across the UK for a wide range of clients. Current locations include:
Manchester, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Lake District, West Sussex, London, Channel Islands, Bath, York, Chester, Cornwall, Newcastle, Derbyshire, Norfolk, Cotswolds, Reading, Berkshire, Shropshire and many other areas. If you are looking for a chef job or looking to recruit a chef, our team will be able to help you, with nationwide coverage.
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Chef Recruitment Locations at HtE Recruitment

Our Latest Job adverts:

Daytime chef – Manchester

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CHEF JOB VACANCY     Senior Chef required for a operation which is mainly daytime focused, this Chef role will be overseeing a team of 3 in the kitchen and two kitchen porters. This kitchen serves a range of breakfast items, healthy grab and go items and sit down...

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Head Chef – Norfolk – Gastro pub

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Head chef required near Fakenham Fulltime Position Head chef required in mid Norfolk for a Gastro pub with rooms, serving fresh seasonal local produce. this gastro pub has great produce, upto £55k salary plus 5-6k tips. They are looking for a head chef who enjoys...

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HtE Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to the above permanent positions. In line with the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. We do not cover Relief roles,  all positions are permanent  and paid by the client on PAYE.

Chef Jobs Include:

 

Development Chef

£40-50k

London
Development chef required to create stunning dishes for a cafe group
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Sous  Chef

£35-38k

North Yorkshire
A North Yorkshire kitchen requires a sous chef, with a rosette background.
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Head Chef

£38-40k

Newmarket
This fresh food pub in the Newmarket area is looking for a head chef, fresh food, team of 3.
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Breakfast chef

£31k

Cotswolds
A live in opportunity in the cotswolds, everything plated and cooked to order.
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Chef de partie

£32k

Cotswolds
A Hotel with a fine dining restaurant in Cornwall is looking for a chef de partie, live in available.
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Chef de partie

£30-32k

Lakes
Chef de partie with a rosette background is required, fresh food. 30-32k
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Client Feedback

Oliver

Operations Manager
“Ryan has placed a Business Development Manager for our Company & within 2 months she has already won some key new clients”

Jane

HR Manager
“I have used Rick at HtE Recruitment for over 10 years to source a wide range of candidates at the 3 companies i have worked at. Rick has always worked with speed and urgency to fill these roles.”

Adam

Talent Manager
“Thankyou Jordan for being really proactive to source me candidates, you really understand our Niche positions and kept me upto date with the process.”

Chef Recruitment Agency FAQ’s

Are you a UK based Chef Recruitment Agency?

Yes, HTE Recruitment is a UK based Chef recruitment agency, all our Chef recruiters are UK based only.

Is it just permanent chef jobs you recruit for?

Yes, we only cover permanent chef jobs. There is two types of agencies Recruitment Agencies (permanent) and Employment businesses (Temps). We find by focusing just on permanent: we can offer a better service to find clients talent instead of the daily management of temp workers, that can distract from matching and find you talent.

I am a job seeker, do i need a CV?

Yes, all candidates need a CV. a CV is just a document that states where you have worked, it is really important to have one as without this, you can not really see suitability for a role. 

Can you help with sponsorship

No, currently none of our clients have a sponsorship license. 

I need a permanent chef, can you help us find one?

Yes, we will need information about the role to get matching on the position for you. we cover the whole of the UK and can help with permanent chef gaps

What is the process to recruiting a chef?

  • give HTE Recruitment a job remit
  • Our chef recruiters will match on the role and create a short list
  • Our recruiters will register suitable candidates and go  over the cv and background
  • Our recruiters will tell candidates about your company and position, they will send what we call a JD email with info about the role and ask candidates to email back to give permission to submit a cv. This is a very important step, sadly some agencies do not tell candidates about jobs before cv sending. This just wastes everyone time and we always do this step (unless it is a confidential role)
  • we will submit CV’s to yourself
  • you will come back within 3 working days with interview slots
  • Our recruiters will arrange interviews and trials
  • on the day of a interview/trial we will check in the candidate
  • we will then arrange feedback after the interview or trial
  • we will put the offer to candidates and secure them

You sent a cv, do i need to give you a answer?

Yes please. It is really important to let us know the outcome. The reason for this is becuase if we do not give candidates feedback or a update, candidates can get a bad impression of the hiring company. We ask for feedback within 3 days

How many chefs do you have?

We have a database of around 39,000 candidates, with over 25,000 being chefs. In addition to this we have access to online databases of chefs. Not all chefs are looking however, these are the best candidates sometimes, the ones who are not active

What are your opening hours

We are open from 730am to 530pm Monday to Thursday and 8am to 230pm on a friday

Thankyou for checking out our Chef recruitment page, we look forward to helping your business to find talent or to help you find your next chef job

    Manchester Head office address:
    Ducie House
    Ducie Street
    Manchester
    M1 2JW

    Call us:
    0161 300 7862 (Northern UK)*
    0203 542 6103 (Southern UK)*

    Email: [email protected]

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