Head Chef
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: up to £33000
Lead Our Kitchen. Shape Our Food. Inspire Our Team.
Since 2016, The Steamhouse has built a reputation for delivering incredible food, specialty coffee, and memorable customer experiences. From our iconic bagels and doughnuts to our growing brunch and café offering, everything we do is driven by one simple goal:
Deliver incredible food, great coffee, and memorable experiences – every damn day.
We’re now looking for an experienced and passionate Head Chef to lead our kitchen operation and become a key part of our leadership team.
This is more than just a kitchen management role. As our Head Chef, you’ll have the opportunity to build and develop your team, influence menu innovation, drive kitchen performance, and play a major role in the continued growth of The Steamhouse.
Why Join The Steamhouse?
Be Part of a Growing Business
We’re ambitious, expanding, and always looking for ways to improve. Your ideas, leadership, and expertise will help shape the future of our food offering.
Lead and Develop Your Own Team
Create a positive kitchen culture where people feel motivated, supported, and empowered to succeed.
Work With Great Products
From fresh bakery products made in-house to quality ingredients sourced from trusted suppliers, you’ll be working with products you can be proud of.
Great Benefits
- 20% discount across all Steamhouse venues
- Complimentary hot drinks during shifts
- Access to our employee wellbeing platform, Wisdom
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Opportunities to contribute to menu development and new product launches
- Genuine career progression within a growing hospitality business
The Role
As Head Chef, you’ll be responsible for the overall performance of the kitchen, ensuring exceptional food quality, strong operational standards, and effective team leadership.
Working closely with the General Manager and wider leadership team, you’ll oversee all aspects of kitchen operations while ensuring every customer receives the quality and consistency The Steamhouse is known for.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading, coaching, and developing the kitchen team
- Managing kitchen operations during service
- Maintaining food quality, consistency, and presentation standards
- Driving food safety, hygiene, and compliance standards
- Managing stock, ordering, and kitchen costs
- Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and team development
- Working alongside senior management on menu development and innovation
- Building strong communication between kitchen and front of house teams
- Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, profitability, and guest experience
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a natural leader who enjoys developing people as much as they enjoy creating great food.
You’ll ideally have:
- Previous experience as a Head Chef, Kitchen Manager, or Senior Sous Chef
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Experience managing food safety, stock control, and kitchen KPIs
- A passion for quality, consistency, and customer experience
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- The ability to remain calm and focused in a fast-paced environment
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
What Success Looks Like
Our ideal Head Chef:
- Leads by example every day
- Builds a high-performing kitchen team
- Maintains exceptional food and hygiene standards
- Delivers consistent quality during every service
- Drives kitchen efficiency and profitability
- Creates an environment where people enjoy coming to work
If you’re looking for an opportunity to lead a kitchen, influence the future of a growing hospitality brand, and be part of a company that genuinely invests in its people, we’d love to hear from you.
(Please note: This role requires flexibility over 7 days, including weekends)
Apply today and become part of The Steamhouse journey.
Chef
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £12.71 – £14.00 per hour
Who Are We?
Since 2016, The Steamhouse has built its reputation on bagels, espresso, and doughnuts. , we’re elevating our offering with a premium casual brunch concept focused on high quality ingredients locally sourced or freshly baked in our own bakery.
If you’re a passionate Chef looking for better work-life balance, fewer late nights, and the chance to be part of a fast-growing brand, this could be exactly what you’re after. We’re looking for a talented Chef to join our team and help us create something exceptional.
About the Role
As a Chef, you’ll be a key part of our kitchen team, responsible for delivering high quality food and ensuring smooth daily operations. This Chef role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and consistency.
Why Join Us?
- Work-Life Balance: Daytime trading means evenings are yours
- Growth Opportunities: Develop with a rapidly expanding company
- Team Culture: Join a collaborative, supportive, and passionate team
- Community Focus: Be part of a brand creating meaningful guest experiences
What You’ll Get
- Work with amazing products, high-quality, fresh, and locally sourced
- A supportive environment that puts people first
- Access to our employee wellbeing app
- Career development and internal progression opportunities
- 20% staff discount (plus friends & family when dining with you)
- Complimentary hot drinks during shifts
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and deliver menu items to the highest quality standards
- Support daily kitchen operations to ensure smooth and efficient service
- Maintain consistency in food quality, presentation, and portion control
- Work collaboratively with front-of-house and kitchen teams
- Uphold food hygiene, health & safety, and cleanliness standards
- Assist with stock control, ordering, and minimising waste
- Ensure all kitchen equipment is maintained and functioning properly
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience working as a Chef in a professional kitchen
- Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene standards
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced brunch environment
- Great communication and teamwork skills
- A proactive, organised, and reliable approach
- Experience in hospitality and customer service is a plus
(Please note: This role requires flexibility over 7 days, including weekends)
What Success Looks Like
A successful Chef at The Steamhouse delivers consistently high quality food, maintains excellent standards, communicates effectively with the team, and contributes to a well organised, high performing kitchen.
Senior Chef
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £13.50 – £15:00 per hour
Who Are We?
Since 2016, The Steamhouse has built its reputation on bagels, espresso, doughnuts and great food. Today, we’re continuing to grow our premium casual brunch offering, focused on high-quality ingredients, freshly made products and memorable customer experiences.
We’re looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Chef to join our kitchen team. If you’re a strong Chef ready to take on more responsibility, develop your leadership skills and play a key role in running a successful kitchen, this could be the perfect next step.
About the Role
As a Senior Chef, you’ll work closely with the Head Chef and General Manager to support the day-to-day running of the kitchen, delivering consistently high-quality food while maintaining exceptional operational, hygiene and food safety standards.
You’ll also be trusted to take responsibility for the kitchen operation in the absence of the Head Chef, making this Senior Chef role a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their kitchen leadership and progress their career with a growing business.
Why Join Us?
- Work-Life Balance: Daytime trading means fewer late nights.
- Career Growth: A fantastic opportunity to develop towards a future Head Chef position.
- Leadership Experience: Build your confidence leading the kitchen and supporting the wider team.
- Team Culture: Join a collaborative, supportive and passionate team.
- Growing Business: Develop your career as The Steamhouse continues to grow.
What You’ll Get
- Work with amazing products that are fresh, high quality and locally sourced.
- A supportive environment that puts people first.
- Access to our employee wellbeing app.
- Career development and internal progression opportunities.
- 20% staff discount (plus friends & family when dining with you).
- Complimentary hot drinks during shifts.
- The opportunity to develop your management and kitchen leadership skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the day-to-day running of the kitchen to ensure smooth and efficient service.
- Lead the kitchen operation when the Head Chef is absent.
- Prepare and deliver menu items to the highest Steamhouse standards.
- Maintain consistency in food quality, presentation and portion control.
- Support strong communication between the kitchen and Front of House teams.
- Maintain excellent food safety, hygiene and cleanliness standards.
- Support stock control, ordering and inventory management.
- Take responsibility for stock ordering when kitchen management is not present.
- Help reduce waste through effective stock rotation and portion control.
- Maintain kitchen equipment and report maintenance issues promptly.
- Support the preparation and organisation of the kitchen for each service.
- Take ownership and accountability for kitchen standards during your shifts.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience working as a Chef in a professional kitchen.
- Confidence taking responsibility for a kitchen during service.
- Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene standards.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced brunch environment.
- Great communication and teamwork skills.
- A proactive, organised and reliable approach.
- A passion for consistently delivering high-quality food.
- Someone who wants to develop their leadership skills and progress their career.
This Senior Chef role would particularly suit an experienced Chef looking for their next step or an existing Senior Chef who wants to join a growing business with genuine opportunities for progression.
(Please note: This role requires flexibility over 7 days, including weekends.)
What Success Looks Like
A successful Senior Chef at The Steamhouse consistently delivers high-quality food, maintains excellent hygiene and safety standards, builds strong relationships between the kitchen and Front of House, and demonstrates initiative and reliability during service.
You’ll be someone the Head Chef can trust to take ownership, maintain standards and keep the kitchen performing at its best. If you’re looking for a Senior Chef role where you can develop, take on greater responsibility and work towards the next stage of your career, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today and join The Steamhouse — delivering incredible food, great coffee and memorable experiences, every damn day!