Picturehouse
Head Chef
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Head Chef Opportunity at Picturehouse Central
If you're an experienced Head Chef looking for a role that combines creativity, leadership, and a better work-life balance, Picturehouse Central could be the perfect next step.
About the Role
Based at our flagship cinema in Piccadilly Circus, you'll lead the kitchen across multiple outlets, including the restaurant, bar, café, and a diverse range of events. Working closely with the General Manager and Commercial Team, you'll shape menus, inspire your team, and play a key role in creating the exceptional experiences that keep guests coming back.
What You Get
- Base salary of £45,000 + annual discretionary bonus
- Working schedule: 40 hours per week
- Shifts: You will never do a split shift! The kitchen team generally works 09:00-17:00 and 14:00-22:00 shifts. As the Head Chef, there may be a requirement for certain flexibility around this, however work-life balance is a big focus for us.
- Free tickets for you and your friends/family + in-cinema discounts, with your own Premiere Pass card!
- Picturehouse offers a wide variety of benefits; early pay access, all employees are entitled to 28 days holiday per year (pro rata), Virtual GP, savings on restaurants, gyms, and high street brands, cash back healthcare plan, eye care scheme, and loads more!
What You'll Be Doing
- Oversee all kitchen operations, designing and delivering menus for the restaurant, bar, café, and on-site events.
- Working closely with the Commercial Team in our Support Office, remain hands-on in the kitchen and support the team during service.
- Lead, motivate, and develop the kitchen team, maintaining high standards of food hygiene, preparation, presentation, and service to provide our customers with extraordinary experiences.
- Manage the commercial side of the kitchen, including rotas, ordering, supplier relationships, and margin performance.
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About You
- You’re looking for a role with creative freedom to build menus and run your kitchen while having a good work-life balance with no split shifts or very late finishes.
- You no longer want to be in the hectic lifestyle of a typical Head Chef role and would appreciate a work-life balance with no long-split shifts while keeping the creative freedom to build menus and run your kitchen.
- You have strong proven experience managing a small but passionate kitchen team, empowering them to deliver unforgettable food experiences while collaborating with other key business stakeholders.
- You have demonstrable experience of building and delivering menus for multi-outlet venues, small or large.
- You are comfortable with the general running of a kitchen, building rotas, ordering, and raising POs with our suppliers, upholding food safety standards, managing budgets, and the kitchen's financial operating margin.
- Experience with large-scale catering events and menu development would be desirable.
- You will be a great fit if our values resonate with you: We Create, We Perform, We Inspire.
Who Are Picturehouse?
Picturehouse Cinemas is so much more than screens and popcorn! As part of the Regal Global Entertainment Group, we are cinemas in the heart of neighborhoods, ingraining ourselves within local communities as social hubs; dedicated to 'sharing joy through extraordinary experiences'.
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Each of our architecturally unique venues are places to eat, meet, and relax, supplemented with a wide variety of productions ranging from live-streamed Opera through to immersive showings of the big blockbusters, plus the best of cinema from around the world and more.
One thing we pride ourselves on at the Regal Global Entertainment Group is our people and being able to support our people to pursue the career paths they want within the Cineworld & Picturehouse brands. We help YOU grow.
Read more about the Cineworld & Picturehouse culture here – Cinema stories
Inclusion & Belonging
At Regal Global Entertainment, we believe our strength comes from our people. We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. Our commitment to belonging extends across all aspects of identity, including gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, and background.
We take pride in creating an environment where differences are celebrated, and everyone has equal opportunities to succeed. Our hiring process is designed to be fair and accessible, welcoming applicants from all walks of life. If you need any accommodations during the hiring process or in the workplace to support your needs, please contact the Talent team.
If you have any questions about this role or working at Regal Cineworld Group, please contact careers@regalcineworld.com. We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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