UK Chef Recruitment Agency - permanent Chef jobs
Offering a Chef talent search for a wide range of kitchensSupporting 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
Our Locations
Locations:
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.
Our Latest Job adverts:
pastry junior sous chef job vacancy – Restaurant & Hotel – London – 10638
pastry junior sous chef - London - 5 star Hotel Fulltime Position Pastry Junior sous chef required for a 5 star Hotel in central London. This 5 star Hotel kitchens and menus focuses on British ingredients made into delicious dishes with a touch of imagination, the...
Sushi chef de partie job vacancy – London Sushi restaurant – 11141
Sushi chef de partie Fulltime Position Sushi chef de partie (all levels) required for a modern Sushi concept. This role will also be suitable for chef de parties with japanese food knowledge. This company offers good salary brackets (30-35k), tips/service on top of...
Chef de partie job vacancy – Lake district kewsick live in – 10456
Chef de partie - keswick - live in Fulltime Position chef de partie required for a Hotel and Restaurant in the lakes, with a fresh food kitchen. £27500 - 30,000 depending on background and LIVE IN AVAILABLE.The roleWe are are looking for a chef de partie from a...
Chef de partie job vacancy – Staffordshire – Gastro pub – 10700
Chef de partie - gastro pub Fulltime Position chef de partie required for a country pub in Staffordshire, live in locally available. This establishment serves local produce include cheese, breads and meats from the local area. The country pub has a nice range of...
Demi chef de partie job vacancy – 4 day week- Marylebone Gastro pub – 11393
Demi chef de partie - 4 day week Fulltime Position Demi Chef de partie required for a fresh food high end Gastro pub. 4day week of a central London fresh food seasonal gastro produce kitchen. This Gastro pub serves meals all day and has a couple of different start...
chef de partie job vacancy – Mon-Fri Private members club – MAYFAIR – 10708
chef de partie - Mon-Fri Fulltime Position Chef de partie required for Private Members Club Mon-Fri 40-45hrs 7am-3pm or 1230-10pm, Closed Christmas & BankHoliday. This Club has a restaurant & Banqueting. This Club offers great Work life balance with weekends,...
chef de partie job vacancy – Mayfair – Fish section – 10639
chef de partie - Fish section Fulltime Position Chef de partie required for a fine dining restaurant in Mayfair London, this is award winning and you will learn so much in this kitchen. The restaurant has a fantastic range of dishes including some amazing fish dishes....
Chef recruitment division – Current LONDON Chef job vacancy list
HTE Recruitment is one of the London Chef Recruitment agencies for Chefs in the Capital. We work across london to recruit chefs for a wide range of companies. Here is alist of some of the current jobs our team are matching on. If you are looking, email your cv to the...
Chef de partie job vacancy – Berkshire 40hrs – live in – 11142
Chef de partie in the Berkshire area Fulltime Position chef de partie, required near Maidenhead, 40 hrs, paid overtime & basic is £28000-£30,000 (40hrs) + service/tips (around £1k), with live in available and straight shifts. The roleWe are looking for a...
chef de partie job vacancy – award winning Japanese – London – 11548
chef de partie - award winning japanese Fulltime Position Chef de partie required for a Japanese restaurant, this is a award winning restaurant serving amazing japanese dishes. chef de partie, 4.5 day week, creating amazing Japanese hot dish items for guests to enjoy...
chef de partie job vacancy – Japanese fine dining – London – 11548
chef de partie - learn japanese fine dining Fulltime Position Chef de partie required for a Japanese restaurant, this is a award winning restaurant serving amazing japanese dishes. chef de partie, 4.5 day week, creating amazing Japanese hot dish items for guests to...
Chef recruitment division – Current Chef job vacancy list – UK
HTE Recruitment is one of the UK Chef Recruitment agencies for Chefs based in the UK. We work across the UK to recruit chefs for a wide range of companies. Here is alist of some of the current jobs our team are matching on. If you are looking, email your cv to the...
Sous chef job vacancy – Restaurant- Cotswolds Live in – 10638
Sous chef - Restaurant - Cotswolds Fulltime Position Sous chef required for a kitchen within Gloucestershire, the produce in this kitchen is just amazing, you will love the type of seasonal produce they use. Many places say they do seasonal but this place really does,...
chef de partie job vacancy – Mayfair – 11513
chef de partie - Mayfair Fulltime Position Chef de partie required in London for a small 2 rosette level fine dining restaurant. The chef is very well established and has held a rosettes for a number of years, chef de partie salary package is £33,000 & travel is...
chef de partie job vacancy – Chelsea – 11518
chef de partie - Chelsea Fulltime Position chef de partie and senior chef de partie required in the Chelsea area of London, this is for a Restaurant serving a good range of meats and fish. chef de partie Salary upto £38k. This role is also available for immediate...
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
Head Chef
£44k
Chef de partie
£30k
Demi Chef De Partie
£36k
Chef de partie
£32k
Chef de partie
£30-32k
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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]