Aramark
Regional Chef
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Workplace, Health & Education | Regional Role
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Lead Culinary Excellence Across Multiple Sites in the North
Are you an experienced chef leader looking for a role that offers variety, influence, and the opportunity to make a real impact?
Aramark UK is seeking a passionate and driven Regional Chef to provide culinary leadership across our Workplace, Health, and Education portfolio. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your operational expertise, coaching skills, and culinary talent while supporting multiple sites within your designated region.
As a Regional Chef, you'll play a vital role in ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, nutritious, and customer-focused food services. From supporting mobilisations and driving service improvements to developing kitchen teams and maintaining exceptional culinary standards, you'll be at the forefront of operational excellence across the region.
If you're a natural leader who enjoys working across diverse environments, developing people, and elevating food standards, we'd love to hear from you.
What you’ll do:
As our Regional Chef, you'll:
- Provide culinary leadership across a portfolio of Workplace, Health, and Education sites.
- Support sites with operational challenges, chef shortages, mobilisations, and service improvement initiatives.
- Coach, mentor, and develop chefs and kitchen teams, helping them achieve consistently high standards.
- Support menu development, recipe standardisation, allergen management, and nutritional requirements.
- Drive excellence in food quality, presentation, service delivery, and customer satisfaction.
- Conduct site visits, audits, and quality reviews, identifying opportunities to improve performance.
- Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene, HACCP, allergen, and health and safety requirements.
- Support effective stock management, food cost control, purchasing compliance, and waste reduction.
- Build strong relationships with operational leaders, clients, and site teams.
- Contribute to new contract mobilisations, projects, and business improvement activities across the region.
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What we're looking for:
We're looking for an experienced culinary professional who can inspire teams and deliver exceptional results.
You'll have:
- Proven experience as a Head Chef, Lead Chef, Executive Chef, Regional Chef, or similar senior culinary position.
- Experience operating within contract catering, education, healthcare, business & industry, or a multi-site environment.
- Strong leadership and coaching abilities with a passion for developing people.
- Excellent culinary knowledge and a commitment to delivering high-quality, nutritious food.
- A thorough understanding of food safety, hygiene, allergen management, HACCP, and compliance requirements.
- Strong commercial awareness, including food costs, labour management, stock control, and waste reduction.
- Experience conducting audits, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing best practices.
- The ability to adapt quickly and confidently across multiple locations and operational environments.
- Effective communication and relationship-building skills.
- A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly throughout your region.
Why Join Aramark UK?
At Aramark, we believe in nurturing talent, developing careers, and creating environments where our people can thrive. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence culinary standards across multiple sites while building strong relationships and supporting the success of teams throughout the region.
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No two days will be the same. You'll collaborate with talented colleagues, contribute to meaningful service improvements, and help deliver outstanding food experiences to thousands of customers every day.
What you’ll get:
- Permanent, full-time contract, Monday – Friday, 0800 - 1730
- Competitive salary of up to £45,000
- Generous annual leave that increases with service
- Option to buy additional holiday
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Access to hundreds of discounts and savings through our benefits app
- Free mortgage advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Health cash plans
- Online GP appointments
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunities to attend internal culinary events and experience the creativity and innovation of our food teams
Ready to Take the Lead?
If you're an experienced culinary leader who thrives on variety, enjoys developing teams, and is passionate about delivering exceptional food and service standards, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of food across Aramark UK's Workplace, Health, and Education business.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all employees and workers to share this commitment. All roles are subject to safer recruitment checks, including references and an enhanced DBS check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
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