Head Chef

6 Old Queen Street, London, SW1H 9HP, UK

In the heart of historic Westminster, Old Queen Street Café (OQSC) is a British brasserie offering refined food in a relaxed, elegant setting. OQSC comprises a 50-cover restaurant, events space, and private members' club and is located moments from Parliament within a beautifully restored townhouse.

Lantana leads the creation and delivery of this unique hospitality experience on behalf of our client, political and cultural magazine UnHerd.

We are looking for a Head Chef to join our Executive Head Chef in leading the kitchen team. You must have experience in a Head Chef role within a quality, event driven, high-volume hospitality environment and be passionate about food and hospitality.

What You'll Be Doing

• Working with our Executive Head Chef to create and deliver seasonal menus
• Inspiring and developing the kitchen team through coaching, structured feedback, and clear expectations
• Maintaining high operational standards across cleanliness, safety, and compliance
• Ensuring all food is delivered to spec and with consistency in the restaurant, for events and private dining
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing training to build a confident, capable team
• Managing stock control to deliver strong gross profit, minimising waste and shrinkage
• Monitoring labour and flexing the rota to maintain productivity targets
• Ensuring accurate reporting and adherence to all financial procedures
• Working closely with your GM to unite FOH and BOH

What We'll Be Doing In Return:

• Offering a quarterly performance bonus of up to 20% of your salary
• Paying overtime!
• Developing your skills for whatever your future career might be; with us or elsewhere
• An extra day off on your birthday (or the day after .)!
• Serving team meals that are always from the menu
• Providing an annual CODE app subscription
• Giving 50% discount in any of our restaurants
• Enrolling you onto the Hospitality Action Support Group
• Celebrating with you at team parties

You must have proof of right to work in the UK to join us.

Lantana is proud to be a London business and wishes to support the communities that it operates in. It will do this by giving priority to those that live within London or Greater London, which will also have additional environmental benefits.

Lantana values a diverse workforce and believes that people from different backgrounds can bring fresh ideas, thinking and approaches to the way we work. We welcome everyone from everywhere to come and join our team. Please let us know if we can support you in any specific ways to apply to join us.

Screening Questions

• Do you have experience in a similar role?