Overview
We’re recruiting an Executive Chef to lead a premium, multi-site Contract Catering portfolio across London & Surrey, delivering a strong mix of hospitality-led fine dining and high-quality retail food offers. This is a great opportunity for an Executive Chef with multi-site experience, a Contract Catering background, and a passion for elevating food standards, hospitality and team performance in London & Surrey!
The offer
- Up to £65,000 per annum
- Monday to Friday operation
- Senior, multi-site Executive Chef role
- Package including pension, healthcare, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits!
- •Genuine scope to elevate and develop the food offer
The operation
- Multi-site portfolio across London & Surrey.
- High-volume of hospitality & fine dining focus, small amount of retail in London.
- Retail offer includes hot food, cold food, salad bar, and grab & go.
- Surrey site offers high-volume retail offering.
- Daytime-focused operations with consistent weekday footfall.
- Clear brief to elevate and modernise the food offer across sites
The role
- Provide strategic culinary leadership across all sites.
- Drive food quality, innovation and consistency across hospitality and retail.
- Develop menus that are relevant, seasonal and market leading.
- Lead, mentor and support Head Chefs across hospitality and retail operations.
- Ensure excellence across food safety, compliance, cost control and stock management.
- Act as a senior culinary ambassador, supporting client engagement and long-term partnerships.
The Executive Chef
- Proven Executive Chef experience across multiple sites within Contract Catering.
- Strong background in hospitality-driven, fine-dining environments.
- Reliable, consistent and committed to long-term roles.
If you are keen to discuss the details further, please apply today or send your cv to yasmin at COREcruitment dot com

Job Tenure: Permanent