Head Cook - Cheltenham

Catering Services International · Southampton, South East

Head Cook - Cheltenham at Catering Services International, based in Southampton, South East. This is a contract role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Southampton, South East
Contract
Contract
Posted
13 hours ago
Closes
21 Nov 2026
Sector
Chef

Reference jobs/south-west/head_cook/5909

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Head Cook - Cheltenham

South West

Head Cook - Weekends

Cheltenham

Job Description

A Weekend Head Cook is required for a facility in Cheltenham, every Saturday and Sunday.This opportunity may suit a Chef who is only available to work at the weekends, or a Cook looking for extra hours.

Working Environment

Great facility, great client, and excellent team! A really brilliant opportunity for an enthusiastic chef, with freedom from the restrictions of normal contract catering.

Job Description

Your key responsibilities as the Head Cook will consist of:


  • Proactively managing and supporting a small catering team

  • Recruiting, training, supporting and people development to deliver an efficient, high-quality service to both, customer and client

  • Maintaining, ordering and controlling food stocks within budget

  • Ensuring ongoing team communications, including building internal and external relationships, management reporting and client liaison to enable operational excellence

  • Creating a platform for financial growth through cost control and culinary excellence

  • Accountable for COSHH, Food Safety, H&S, legal regulations, environmental policies and duty of care to customer and colleagues



Working Pattern: Saturday AND Sundays 7am until 3pm

Skills and Experience

The experience and knowledge we are looking for from the future Head Chef include:

*              Genuine interest in customer service excellence

*              Proven leadership ability

*              Proactive and ‘hands on' approach

*              Catering experience essential with chef skills

*              Contract catering is desirable

Benefits

As part of your package, they are offering a salary of £11.00 per hour

This role also comes with a workplace pension and other benefits.

What Next?

If you would like to know more or you would like to apply for this opportunity, simply pick up the phone and call [phone removed] and speak to me, Fiona or apply with your current CV.

We can offer permanent and temporary work to our candidates and we are always looking for good candidates for a variety of roles including chefs, management in all disciplines, housekeepers, hotel receptionists and waiting staff / bar staff.

Please visit our website for all current vacancies – www.cateringinternational.co.uk

Catering Services International acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers.

Are you working at the moment? Want to Temp? If you are looking for immediate work while you find the perfect permanent role, make sure you mention this in your application.

 

 

 



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Reference: jobs/south-west/head_cook/5909 · Posted 13 hours ago · Closes 21 Nov 2026 · Listed via Catering Services International

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