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, you can rely on HtE Recruitment. 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

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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:

 

Chef De Partie

£39-40k

London
A Chef De Partie is required for a leading michelin restaurant in Central London
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Head Chef

£44k

Deeside
A kitchen in the deeside area is looking for a head chef, possible live in available. They are looking to change the menus.
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Chef de partie

£30k

Cornwall
A kitchen in Cornwall is looking for a chef de partie, all fresh food, live in.
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Demi Chef De Partie

£36k

Cotswolds
A Hotel with Live In accommodation are looking for a Rosette background Chef to join this team.
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Chef de partie

£32k

East Midlands
A Hotel with a fine dining restaurant in east midlands is looking for a chef de partie, live in available. £32k
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Chef de partie

£30-32k

Reading
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.”

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Chef job description templates

Chef job description Since 2007 we have supported many kitchens to recruit a chef on a full time basis. We always get asked for support in what a job description might look like for a chef role. Here is a few templates you can use. Do add things into the job...

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Our Recruiter team offer Permanent Chef Recruitment solutions. We do not have a Agency Chef Desk here at HtE Recruitment. All of our positions advertised are employed direct by the Client, on payroll and on a permanent basis. 

    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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