Job title: Events Chef
Location: Cirencester
Hours: Full‑time, including evenings and weekends
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £38,000 per annum + tronc
Our client is a luxury, family‑run countryside destination set within 150 acres of beautiful farmland. With a hotel, spa, cookery school, restaurants, and a working farm, they offer an immersive, nature‑led experience for guests from the UK and around the world. Their culture is warm, collaborative, and rooted in exceptional hospitality, seasonal living, and a deep connection to the land.
Our client is seeking an engaging and talented Events Chef to join their passionate team. This unique role combines top-tier culinary skills with a people-focused approach, delivering outstanding event catering, private dining experiences, and inspiring cookery school classes.
You will lead interactive classes for guests, create seasonal event menus, and showcase estate-grown produce, all while delivering a warm, memorable experience for participants and diners alike.
Cookery School Hosting: Plan and lead cookery classes, enthusiastically engaging, teaching, and hosting participants of all skill levels.
Event & Private Dining: Deliver exceptional catering for events and private dining experiences, working alongside the wider kitchen team.
Menu & Recipe Development: Help create seasonal recipes and menus that champion estate-grown ingredients and sustainable cooking practices.
Inter-Departmental Collaboration: Coordinate closely with Front of House and Events teams to ensure flawless event execution.
Kitchen & Food Safety: Maintain impeccable hygiene and food safety standards, clearly communicating allergen details to guests and staff.
Stock & Sustainability: Assist with stock planning and stock control, upholding strict waste-reduction practices in line with the estate's eco-ethos.
Strong culinary background with experience in event catering, private dining, or cookery instruction.
Food Hygiene & Safety Level 3 certification (essential).
Exceptional communication and presentation skills — comfortable speaking in front of groups and interacting with guests.
Passionate about seasonal ingredients, garden-led food, sustainability, and provenance.
High attention to detail with strong organizational skills.
Warm, adaptable, and patient approach with an enthusiastic, guest-focused mindset.
Exceptionally generous monthly service charge bonuses
28 days’ annual leave + an additional day off for your birthday
Healthy, delicious meals on duty prepared by in‑house chefs
Employee assistance and wellbeing programme
High‑quality, sustainably made uniforms
Free on‑site staff parking
Team rates to stay at the property (£150 per night), extendable to family
50% off food in the estate’s restaurants
Cookery School classes for £40 (for you + one guest)
50% discount on spa treatments
40% discount on retail products
Annual staff Christmas party with dinner, drinks, music and dancing
Tailored investment in your professional development
A beautiful countryside location with plenty of space to relax during breaks
A warm, caring, and supportive team culture with a "One Team" mindset
A stunning natural environment and inspiring, garden-focused workplace
A unique role blending hands-on cooking with teaching and guest interaction
The chance to work with exceptional ingredients, much of it grown on‑site
Strong values: Consideration, Consistency, Integrity, Pride, Aspiration
If this role feels like the right fit for you and you have the relevant experience, please apply today.
Contact us about this vacancy
Kat Kantorova
07548 963 089
kat.kantorova@pineapple-recruitment.co.uk
Pineapple Recruitment are recruiting for this role on behalf of our client and are acting as a Recruitment Agency.
Location Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Salary £38000 - £38000 Per Annum
Job Reference REF2984
Contract Type Permanent
Posted on Posted on 21 July 2026