Job Ref: ILH6509
Branch: Chewton Glen Hotel Spa
Location: Chewton Glen Hotel Spa, Hampshire
Salary/Benefits: Competitive annual salary + non contractual TRONC
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Shift pattern: as per rota
Hours per week: 48
Posted date: 03/06/2026
Closing date: 17/07/2026
Chewton Glen is a true English original. From the unique 72 bedrooms including 14 one of a kind Treehouses, to the award-winning spa and state of the art James Martin cookery school, it has an abundance of ways to revive your senses. The blissful 130 acres of woodland are home to an indoor and outdoor tennis centre, a 9-hole golf course, heritage orchard, 70 working beehives, a walled kitchen garden, croquet lawn and more.
Aim of the role
To ensure that all food preparation and dishes are made to the standard laid by the Company.
What's in it for you?
- Competitive annual salary
- Non contractual annual service charge
- Meals included on duty
- Accommodation available if required
- Employee recognition awards
- Cashback healthcare cover after probation
- Continued career development with recognised training providers
- Generous friends and family rate at Iconic Luxury Hotels
- 25% discount on all food and beverage
- Discount on spa treatment and products
- Refer a friend incentive
- Team social events, seasonal gifts and much more…
Check out behind the scenes here: https://www.instagram.com/chewtoncareers/
Head Chef - About you
- Experience in working within a high volume hotel/restaurant kitchen is essential
- Previous experience working as Head Chef or Sous Chef ready for promotion
- Keep cool, calm and collected in a fast paced kitchen
- Experience of all day dining is desirable
- A keen eye for detail, organisational skills, sound knowledge of relevant standard and regulations
Aim of the Head Chef role
As Head Chef, you will be a natural leader able to deal with the pressure of running a busy operation at The Dining Room throughout the full day’s service.
Key responsibilities of the Head Chef:
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety and food hygiene regulations
- Managing and developing the current chefs brigade
- Working closely with the Executive Head Chef to exceed our guests culinary expectations
- Controlling costs throughout the Kitchen while ensuring consistency of service
- Take pride in continuing a respectful kitchen culture from this hands on position
If this role is of interest to you, then please apply now! We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
A true English original, Chewton Glen is a privately owned luxury country house hotel spa located in the heart of the tranquil New Forest countryside and just minutes from the coast. Just two hours from London it is a perfect place to escape to. With a 9 hole golf course, tennis courts, endless country and coastal walks as well as an award winning spa, gym and large outdoor pool there is something for everyone.
