Kitchen Manager

Position: Kitchen Manager up to £43K + bonus (Permanent)
Join a Cult Burger Brand with Serious London Swagger MCG Recruitment are delighted to be working with a bold, quality-led food brand that started life on London’s food trucks and has grown across the city’s most characterful neighbourhoods.
This is street food done properly.
Smashed burgers with serious flavour. No fuss. No frills.
Funky, groovy, and confidently casual, this is a brand with street-food soul and city swagger. Quality comes first, always — which is why it’s cult-followed, proudly London, and unapologetically good.

Kitchen Manager – Outstanding Burger Brand This isn’t a beige kitchen role in a beige business.

We’re hiring a Kitchen Manager to lead the heart of an exceptional burger operation — a place where quality comes first, flavours matter, and standards never slip. Born from street-food roots and built on serious flavour, this is a kitchen that values creativity, control, and consistency in equal measure.
If you’re a strong kitchen leader who understands margins as well as menus — and can inspire a team while keeping the numbers tight — read on.

The Role As Kitchen Manager, you’ll take full ownership of the kitchen, leading from the front and setting the tone every service.

Key Responsibilities Menu Development
Design and deliver a seasonal, creative menu that reflects the brand — balancing innovation with crowd-pleasing classics.
Gross Profit Management
Ensure all dishes are accurately costed and consistently meet GP targets through effective stock control, portioning, and supplier management.
Kitchen Leadership
Lead, manage, and motivate a small team of chefs, maintaining exceptional standards of food quality, presentation, and hygiene.
Stock & Ordering
Oversee ordering, stock rotation, and waste reduction, using your understanding of margins to drive profitability.
Compliance & Safety
Maintain full compliance with food safety, hygiene, allergen, and health & safety regulations — keeping the kitchen audit-ready at all times.
Collaboration
Work closely with the General Manager and front-of-house team to ensure smooth, efficient, high-energy service.
What We’re Looking For
Proven experience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in a high-volume high quality QSR or similar environment
Strong understanding of food costings, GP margins, and kitchen financials
Creative flair with a passion for consistently excellent food
Confident, hands-on leader with great communication skills
Proactive, organised, and detail-driven
Relevant food hygiene and safety qualifications Why Join?
Be part of a quality-led, cult-style brand with real personality
Take genuine ownership of the kitchen
Work in a fast-paced, no-nonsense environment where standards matter
A business that values flavour, people, and doing things properly
Proudly London. Proudly different.
Be part of a growing business with real personality
A supportive, energetic team environment
Clear standards, no nonsense, no drama Experience is valued — attitude is essential.

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