Head Chef – Serving Those Who Serve at RAF Leeming
Location: RAF Leeming, Northallerton, DL7 9NJ
Salary: £35,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, full-time – 40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7 (includes some weekends)
Shift times: Structured shifts between 06:30 and 20:00 – protecting your evenings and personal time
Make your leadership count in a role with real purpose
As Head Chef at RAF Leeming, you’ll play a vital role in supporting the Armed Forces community, delivering high-quality, nutritious meals that sustain service personnel through training, operations, and daily life on base.
This is more than a kitchen leadership role — it’s an opportunity to bring consistency, care, and pride to food that genuinely matters. Working in a secure, respectful, and disciplined environment, you’ll lead by example and make a positive impact every day.
At Aramark UK, we’re proud of our longstanding partnership with the military. We understand the importance of structure, teamwork, and reliability — and we value chefs who share those principles.
Aramark UK are making a work life balance achievable whilst still working in hospitality, cultivating your culinary career with a world leading organisation. Aramark provides world-class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams. At RAF Leeming, we also offer 2 weeks off over Christmas and the New Year!
