Head Chef - Cotswolds £45,000 - £50,000 + Bonus + Tips

This is an exciting opportunity for a chef who wants to push the business forward, elevate the food offering, and turn an already reputable kitchen into a genuine destination restaurant.

Benefits

• £55,000 + performance bonus + tips
• Private medical insurance
• Free on-site parking
• Wednesday Saturday lunch & dinner Sunday lunch only
• Closed Monday & Tuesday
• Training & development budget
• Strong work-life balance

The Role

You ll take full ownership of the kitchen, shaping menus, leading the team, and using the hotel s two kitchen gardens and local suppliers to create outstanding seasonal dishes. The business is looking for a chef who can:

• Strengthen the brand and reposition the venue as a restaurant with rooms
• Develop food-led events, new services, and stronger local engagement
• Maintain GP at 70 and manage kitchen wage budgets
• Drive social media presence and champion the provenance of ingredients
• Lead, mentor and grow a small, talented brigade
• Deliver consistency that builds recognition, reviews and repeat business

About You

• Passionate about seasonality, local sourcing, foraging and kitchen gardens
• Strong leader with excellent communication and team development skills
• Commercially aware with good understanding of GP, costing and budgeting
• Creative, ambitious, and motivated to push the business forward
• Collaborative, working closely with FOH and ownership

If you re driven, ambitious and want the platform to put your stamp on a growing Cotswolds destination restaurant, we d love to hear from you. Apply today with your CV.

Jubilee Recruitment acting as an agency on behalf of the client.