Do you have a passion for creating high quality, diverse and seasonal food that enhances the visitor experience? Are you excited by the opportunity to lead a busy kitchen within one of The Culture Trust's flagship heritage sites? If yes, we'd love to hear from you! We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Head Chef to join the team at Stockwood Discovery Centre, supporting the Head of Commercial Operations in the overall management of our kitchen. You will lead on menu development and uphold exceptional culinary standards and ensure excellent food hygiene standards are maintained. Stockwood Discovery Centre is a vibrant, visitor focused venue with a busy café and a wide variety of events including Illuminated, Living History Weekend and Colourscape. This creates exciting opportunities to innovate, develop new food concepts and help maximise income while delivering memorable experiences for our guests. You will design seasonal menus and daily specials that reflect Luton's rich cultural diversity, ensuring our food offering remains fresh, inclusive and relevant. Alongside this, you'll manage day to day kitchen operations, supervise staff, monitor budgets and contribute to the smooth running of our commercial services. The role is primarily daytime hours, but some evening work and support at other Trust venues may be required. You will bring strong culinary experience, ideally with previous leadership responsibility within a busy kitchen environment. You'll have excellent knowledge of menu planning, food safety and stock management, and a passion for producing high quality, culturally diverse dishes. You'll be organised, calm under pressure and committed to maintaining high standards in food quality, customer service and hygiene. Experience supervising staff and delivering consistent operations in a fast-paced setting is essential. A flexible approach to working patterns is required to support events and operational needs across the Trust. Job Reference - LCST033 Closing Date - Sunday 8th November 2026 TPBN1_UKCT
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Luton Cultural Services Trust Recruitment Team
