Head Chef at Vivat Bacchus

Head Chef Vivat Bacchus Farringdon - with a Path to Multi-Site Chef

Vivat Bacchus London

The Opportunity

Vivat Bacchus is entering its next chapter -new sites a new brand direction and a growing multi-venue portfolio. Were looking for a chef who wants to build something not just run a kitchen.

This role starts as Head Chef at our Farringdon site working closely with our Group Exec Chef to bed in learn the brand inside out and prove what you can do. From there as we open our next site youll recruit and develop your successor in Farringdon and step forward to open and run our new venues. If you build a strong track record doing that theres the opportunity -not a guarantee and not on a fixed timeline - to grow further into a Multi-Site Chef role across Vivat Bacchus working under and reporting into our Group Executive Chef.

Were not offering a job or a guaranteed title down the line. Were offering a seat at the table as we scale and the chance to earn your way into a bigger role.

What the Role Looks Like

• Phase 1 (first 612 months): Head Chef Vivat Bacchus Farringdon. Full ownership of the kitchen day-to-day working in close collaboration with our Group Exec Chef to align on standards sourcing and systems.

• Phase 2: As we open our next site recruit and train your own replacement in Farringdon then step forward to open and run the new venue -bringing the standards and systems youve built in Farringdon with you.

• Long term (if its earned): As the Vivat Bacchus portfolio grows and if youve proven you can build hand over and open sites to a consistently high standard theres the opportunity to grow into a Multi-Site Chef role overseeing standards and teams across multiple venues - reporting into our Group Executive Chef who continues to lead food across the group. Theres no fixed timeline attached to this and it isnt guaranteed; it depends entirely on you.

Who Were Looking For

• A strong Head Chef who wants to bed in properly at Farringdon first then grow with the business as new sites open - this is a considered step-by-step path not a race.

• A genuine leader and developer of people - someone who can recruit train and hand over a kitchen to a successor theyve built rather than someone who wants to hoard the role.

• Ambition to take on more sites over time and the understanding that this is earned through results not assumed from day one; multi-site experience is a plus but what matters most is proving standards can travel and training others to hold them.

• Comfortable working closely with senior leadership day to day especially in the first year and happy to keep reporting into our Group Exec Chef as the role grows.

• Not in a rush and comfortable without a fixed timeline. This is a long-term move for the right person-were building a career path and a team around whoever takes this on but how quickly (or whether) that path extends into a multi-site role depends on how you perform not the calendar. If you need a decision this week this isnt the role for you.

What Were Not Looking For

Were not hiring an external name to sit in an office and fire off emails. This role is hands-on kitchen-first with the chance to earn bigger responsibility over time but that chance is earned through proving it in Farringdon and beyond not handed over on a schedule.

What Youll Get

• A clear route from Head Chef into opening and running new venues with the further opportunity- earned through performance not guaranteed and on no fixed timeline - to grow into a Multi-Site Chef role as the business scales (multiple new sites in the pipeline).

• Direct collaboration with our Group Executive Chef and the space to shape how standards operate as the brand scales.

• A long-term stake in the business as it grows - this is a five-year play not a quick placement.

Wed rather wait for the right person than rush a decision. If thats you we want to hear from you - but only if youre genuinely in it for the long game.

Competitive salary