Head Chef - Soho, London in City of Westminster

Head Chef - Soho, London in City of Westminster

City of Westminster Full-Time 40000 - 50000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Lead a vibrant kitchen, ensuring top-notch food quality and team performance.
  • Company: Join Honest Greens, a fast-growing restaurant brand focused on real food and sustainability.
  • Benefits: Enjoy a competitive wage, free meals, discounts, and exciting corporate events.
  • Other info: Dynamic team culture with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
  • Why this job: Be part of a mission to improve lives through delicious, healthy food.
  • Qualifications: 3+ years in high-volume kitchens with strong leadership and culinary skills.

The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.

Responsibilities

Overseeing food preparation, storage, FIFO, recipes, and plating standards, while acting as the final quality gate at the pass.

Planning and overseeing ingredient and material orders based on restaurant needs, reporting shortages or urgent requests to the Area Manager or purchasing team.

Checking deliveries, verifying invoices, and ensuring products are correctly labeled and stored upon receipt, ensuring efficiency and minimal waste.

Controlling food and personnel costs, and kitchen productivity, ensuring operational and financial efficiency.

Managing kitchen schedules, vacations, permissions, ensuring adequate staffing and smooth shift transitions.

Organizing daily and weekly cleaning routines, ensuring the kitchen and storage areas are always in compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards.

Using company tools for communication, reporting, and organizational tasks during shifts.

Handling staff administration processes: hiring, onboarding, contract signing, uniform distribution, training, and performance follow-up (regular 1:1 feedback sessions).

Providing hands‑on coaching that is clear, aligned with Honest Green's values, and focused on elevating operational excellence and individual performance.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience leading a high-volume kitchen, preferably within casual dining, fast‑casual, or lifestyle-driven restaurants.
  • Strong culinary expertise and deep understanding of food safety, hygiene, and compliance standards.
  • Proven ability to train, inspire, and retain kitchen talent.
  • Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and multitasking skills.
  • Proficiency in kitchen management tools and operational systems.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills with a collaborative, people-first approach.
  • Passion for food, sustainability, and delivering exceptional guest experiences.
  • Fluency in English; Spanish is a plus.
  • Company

We are Honest Greens, an innovative, passionate, and rapidly expanding restaurant lifestyle brand with one mission: improve society through real food.

We do things differently in our industry, embracing - and creating - new restaurant trends and technologies that allow us to make healthy food affordable, convenient, and incredibly delicious.

We believe this will help people in our communities live longer, happier, and more sustainable lives.

Over the coming years, we will be scaling our restaurant, geographical, and digital footprint to ensure our customers can interact with our brand wherever they are.

This is an amazing opportunity to join our journey as we build our product and scale globally.

Benefits

  • Attractive wage
  • Free daily food in our restaurants
  • 50% discount in our restaurants
  • Awesome corporate events
  • Internal growth opportunities
  • International, open-minded and unique team

About the Role

If you're passionate about leading great teams, delivering exceptional guest experiences, and growing with a dynamic, purpose-driven brand - we'd love to meet you!

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Contact Details:

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We think you need these skills to ace Head Chef - Soho, London in City of Westminster

Food Preparation
Quality Control
Ingredient Ordering
Cost Control
Kitchen Scheduling
Health and Safety Compliance
Staff Administration