Head Chef
The most exciting Head Chef opportunity in London. We just redesigned entirely what a high street restaurant us, want to join us on the journey?
Come be disruptive with us……
At Sessions, our goal is to help founder-led businesses to rapidly scale their food concepts by providing them with a platform, expertise and support to do so. We aspire to redefine the evolution of food brands by providing a physical food hall platform for refinement of the brands and their offering and a virtual / delivery platform to achieve scale.
The time has come for the high street restaurant to change - Our vision is to no longer think of the restaurants as one static offer or type of cuisine but to create a record label of food with the very best talent producing ever changing and evolving menus, with our high street sites the venues where you come to enjoy what’s new. Whilst via delivery we’ll mix that up with all the classic hits.
We are looking for an forward thinking Head Chef to join us for the opening of Sessions Islington. The most exciting restaurant concept London has seen for years.
What will you do?
- Work with our project team and the General Manager to successfully open the venue
- Help to recruit, train, inspire, motivate and advance the Chef team
- Financially astute and commercially savvy
- Ensure the day to day running of the kitchen is smooth and operationally sound
- Master of the specs for each of the food brands, 3 available front of house and up to 6 on delivery platforms
- Ensure health & safety and food safety is of the utmost importance at all times
- Ensure stock is managed efficiently and effectively.
What do you need?
- Significant experience as a Head Chef
- Solid people management skills in all areas
- Ability to work to specs and ensure quality and consistency
- Charismatic and energetic with a passion for food
- Resilient and loyal
- Right to work in the UK
- Fluent spoken and written English
Sessions are a living wage and equal opportunity employer.
The first 2 stages of our Recruitment Process are "Blind" and no details other than work history and education will be shown to the recruiters or hiring team. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.
- Department
- Kitchens/Venues
- Locations
- Islington, London

Islington, London
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We're People First
Caring for our customers, our founders, our hosts - they are the heart of what we do
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Delivering at Pace
We've got big ambitions and work at a fast pace to deliver our best work
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Curiously Creative
We’re always open to new ideas and champion challenging the status quo. Today's ideas are tomorrow's projects
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We Work as One Team
We build better when we work together as a diverse team
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On a journey to B-Corp
We're environmentally and socially aware , supporting the communities we work with from supply chain to table
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A Love for Hospitality
We never forget we work in hospitality and have fun too. We have a vibrant and exciting work environment
The Sessions Culture
Sessions promote a positive, ambitious, reach for the stars culture! Be you! Bring your individuality! Bring your ideas!
About Sessions
Powered by data and a love of food, we're a high-growth start up that's shaking up the hospitality sector. In order to do just that, we need a dynamic team of forward-thinking, creative, driven people.
Head Chef
The most exciting Head Chef opportunity in London. We just redesigned entirely what a high street restaurant us, want to join us on the journey?
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