Chef Recruitment Consultant

4 Days Old

We dont want you to leave hospitality we want you to help shape it.

Lime Hospitality is looking for a Chef Recruitment Consultant to join our Leamington Spa office and grow our chef desk across temporary and permanent recruitment. If youve worked in kitchens (or have a strong hospitality background) and youre ready for a role where your industry knowledge becomes a real commercial advantage, this is a great next step.

Chef Recruitment Consultant Leamington Spa (Temps & Perm)

The opportunity
This is a sales-focused 360 recruitment role, but done in a consultative way. Youll build strong relationships, deliver consistently, and grow your desk through smart, proactive business development not aggressive scripts.
Youll be working in a fast-moving environment where kitchens rely on you to get it right: the right chef, in the right place, at the right time.

What youll be doing
Recruiting chefs across the region: adverts, sourcing, referrals and building a strong candidate network
Managing bookings and day-to-day candidate care, ensuring chefs are briefed, supported and reliable
Developing and maintaining client relationships through great service, regular contact and site visits
Winning new business in a clever way spotting opportunities early and building trust over time
Running permanent recruitment processes end-to-end: job briefs, screening, shortlists, interviews and offers
Keeping systems and compliance accurate and up to date (youll be handling personal data, so attention to detail matters)
Targets & performance
Youll be comfortable working to clear targets and taking ownership of your desks performance. This role suits someone whos commercially minded, enjoys building relationships, and is motivated by results and commission.

Working pattern & on-call
This is a professional office-based role (no more split shifts), but hospitality runs beyond standard hours. You will be part of an out-of-hours rota, including some evenings and weekends on-call. Currently, this is around 1 weekend in 7, plus evening cover, with TOIL after weekend on-call.

What were looking for
Ideally a chef background (CDP/Sous/Head Chef), or a strong hospitality background with real understanding of kitchens
Confident communicator who can build rapport with chefs and clients
Comfortable with targets and commercial responsibility
Organised, resilient, and able to manage competing priorities
Full UK driving licence (for client visits)
What youll get
Competitive basic salary + uncapped commission
Training and support to develop your recruitment and commercial skills
Ownership of your desk, with the freedom to build it properly
Supportive team culture
Company events and days away
Interested?
If youre ready to use your hospitality experience in a more commercial, people-focused role and you want to build a chef desk you can be proud of wed love to hear from you.

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Location:
Radford Semele
Job Type:
FullTime

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