Chef
Effective Recruitment Solutions Ltd
£35,000 – £40,000 a year
ApplyChef. Chef. A new restaurant opening in January in Bray is looking for chefs to join the team. There is an opportunity for Head..
Chef Salary UK 2026
The average advertised pay for a Chef, based on live UK vacancies — with how it compares to similar roles and how many jobs are available right now.
£32,000
median advertised salary
434
live jobs right now
66%
permanent roles
63%
via agencies
How much does a Chef earn in the UK?
The average advertised salary for a Chef in the UK is £32,000 a year, based on 83 live vacancies carrying salary information this month. That is about £2,670 a month or £16.41 an hour before tax, on a 37.5-hour week. 66% of current adverts are permanent, and 63% are posted through recruitment agencies.
Chef adverts mention AI or automation 0% of the time — among the most AI-proof roles we track.
How Chef pay compares
Median advertised salary for Chef beside other job titles in retail, hospitality and cleaning, from the lowest paid to the highest.
Other roles in retail, hospitality and cleaning
| Role | Median pay | Live jobs | Permanent | AI mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category Manager | £60,000 | 31 | 89% | 0% |
| Buyer | £38,000 | 290 | 85% | 1% |
| Store Manager | £34,000 | 161 | 94% | 0% |
| Chef | £32,000 | 434 | 66% | 0% |
| Assistant Manager | £31,000 | 393 | 96% | 0% |
| Cleaning Supervisor | £28,000 | 27 | 72% | 0% |
| Cleaning Operative | £26,000 | 29 | 47% | 0% |
| Kitchen Assistant | £25,000 | 120 | 43% | 0% |
| Security Guard | £25,000 | 14 | 81% | 0% |
Latest Chef jobs
Chef Opportunities
Butlin's
£13.50 – £14 an hour
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Commis Chef – Level 2 Production Chef Apprenticeship
Butlin's
£13.50 – £14 an hour
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Sous Chef
Warner Leisure Hotels
£34,000 a year
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Commis Chef
IHG UK
£13.90 an hour
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Peripatetic Chef
Barchester Healthcare
£21.50 an hour
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Chef - Bank
Barchester Healthcare
£18.48 an hour
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Sous Chef
Avery Healthcare
£13.90 an hour
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Commis Chef
Avery Healthcare
£13.13 an hour
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Regional Bank Chef - Hertfordshire Region
Avery Healthcare
£18.50 an hour
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How we calculate this. Figures come from live Chef vacancies listed on YourJobs.co.uk, refreshed monthly. The median uses adverts that state pay; hourly and weekly rates are annualised (hourly × 37.5 × 52). Ambiguous or "competitive" salaries are excluded rather than guessed. Read the full methodology →