3655131: Part-Time Private Chef in Victoria, London, UK

Part-Time Private Chef, Victoria, London, UK

• Job Category: Chef
   
  Job Type: Perm
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  Job Location: London, GBR
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  Job Salary 450/day - 450/day

A professional couple based near Victoria is seeking an excellent, health-conscious Private Chef to provide ongoing culinary support at their London residence.

The chef will work every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, preparing fresh, healthy and nutritious food that tastes exceptional and is presented beautifully.

This is a self-employed engagement on a regular retainer. The chef will reserve the three agreed days for the clients but will remain free to work for other clients outside those days. The agreed retainer will continue to be paid when the clients are travelling or do not require the chef’s services, in return for the chef maintaining regular availability.

Responsibilities
Create varied, healthy and nutritionally balanced menus
Prepare and organise breakfast
Batch cook for the following day when chef is not at the property
Prepare a fresh lunch and dinner on each working day
Prepare additional meals, components and snacks for non-chef days
Keep the refrigerator stocked, organised and ready for the week
Source excellent seasonal ingredients and coordinate food deliveries
Monitor stock levels, freshness and food rotation
Label prepared food with storage and reheating guidance
Accommodate the clients’ preferences and dietary requirements
Maintain an immaculately clean, hygienic and organised kitchen
Manage an agreed food budget and provide receipts
Nut-Allergy Management
One client has a nut allergy. The chef must have excellent allergen awareness and be confident maintaining a strictly nut-free kitchen, including careful label and supplier checks, prevention of cross-contact, and rigorous cleaning and storage procedures.

Candidate Requirements:
Substantial professional cooking experience
Previous private-household or family-chef experience
Excellent healthy, nutritious and flavour-led cooking
Strong food-presentation skills
Proven experience managing allergies and dietary requirements
Excellent menu-planning, provisioning and kitchen-management skills
Discreet, reliable, organised and self-sufficient
Excellent recent professional references
Valid UK right to work
Must be London based or easy short commute, no longer then 30 min
Registered as self-employed or operating through an appropriate business
Appropriate public-liability insurance and ability to invoice monthly
Commercial:
Three reserved service days each week: Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Professional day rate agreed with the successful chef
Monthly retainer calculated from the agreed regular service
Retainer remains payable during the clients’ holidays and other absences
Chef remains free to work for other clients outside the reserved days
Approved ingredient costs reimbursed separately
Additional days or events agreed and charged separately
Mutually agreed notice period and confidentiality agreement
Working hours:

Working on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

Hours: 8am – 6pm (must be flexible)

Please provide an up-to-date CV, proposed day rate, confirmation of Monday/Wednesday/Friday availability, earliest start date, examples of healthy menus, allergy-management experience, two recent references, and confirmation of UK right to work, self-employed status and insurance.

Retainer: Worked out on a daily rate of £400-450 gross per day

REF:S&W#3655131