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Prep Chef & Production Kitchen Coordinator

In Residence Dining


Location: Unit 72, 7 Emma Street (Containerville), E2
Contract: Fixed term, 12 October 2026 – 31 January 2027 (for review in Jan.)
Hours: 24 hours per week
Typical pattern: Wednesday–Friday, 9am-5pm, with flexibility by agreement
Salary: £25,000 annualised (Gross Pay)
Reports to: Chef Lead


About the Role

In Residence works with resident chefs to bring six-course menus to events across London and the South East. You’ll learn each resident chef’s menu and turn it into an efficient, reliable weekly production system.


At the start of each residency, you’ll train with the resident chef for 2–3 working days. They have the final say on how every dish is prepared, and you’ll reproduce their techniques and standards accurately – then take charge of planning and delivering the weekly prep.


Events run Thursday–Saturday (occasionally Sunday), serving around 90–240 diners per week.


Key Responsibilities

Menu and production

  • Learn and accurately reproduce each resident chef’s menu
  • Keep clear records of recipes, techniques and quantities
  • Write a weekly prep and production schedule, scaled to live booking numbers
  • Prepare food for each week’s events efficiently and consistently

Ordering, stock and costs

  • Order ingredients with the resident chef, supervised by the Chef & Menu Lead
  • Monitor portion sizes, yields, waste and food costs as guest numbers change
  • Receive and check deliveries, querying and escalating any issues
  • Organise fridges, freezers and dry storage
  • Order routine kitchen consumables and report maintenance issues

Kitchen standards and allergens

  • Keep the kitchen clean, equipment in good condition and stock organised
  • Run kitchen-side allergen controls, making sure dietary portions are properly prepared, separated, labelled and traceable

Packing and handover

  • Safely store and pack prepared food ahead of events
  • Write a handover sheet telling the event team what’s packed and what needs finishing on site
  • Help load the event vehicle on Thursdays and Fridays – once food is correctly packed, documented and loaded, responsibility passes to the event operations team

What We’re Looking For

Essential

  • 2–3 years’ professional restaurant kitchen experience
  • Experience as a Chef de Partie (CDP)
  • Level 2 Food Safety certification before working independently in the kitchen (if you don’t have it yet, you can still apply as long as you’ll get it before starting unsupervised work)

You’ll be

  • A strong, consistent cook who’s confident working independently
  • Highly organised and methodical
  • Comfortable following another chef’s techniques precisely
  • Confident scaling recipes and production volumes
  • Good at managing storage, stock and kitchen organisation
  • Attentive to waste, cost control and food safety
  • Reliable and ready to take ownership of the weekly prep operation

Desirable

  • Experience in production kitchens, events, catering or high-volume preparation

Hours and Contract

  • Hours: 24 per week, normally Wednesday–Friday. Days and hours can flex by agreement, as long as all production is done and food is ready for each event.
  • Contract: Fixed term, from approximately 12 October 2026 to 31 January 2027. The role will be reviewed in early January as we plan the production kitchen’s next stage of growth.
  • Experience
    Required
  • Employment
    Part-time
  • Schedule
    Wednesday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
  • Salary
    from £19 hourly
  • Starting time
    Immediate start!

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Touring Residencies • 1-10 Employees

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In Residence Dining is a touring pop-up bringing story-led, six-course tasting menus from exciting chefs to local spaces across London and the South East, with a new chef residency every two months.

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