Chefs for your kitchen.
Staff for your event.
Book chefs through our app across Devon, Cornwall and Bristol. For waiting staff, bar teams, kitchen porters, housekeeping and event staff, speak to our Exeter-based team.
Chef-led since 2013. Exeter head office.
Fully vetted & insured chefs
Every chef supplied by Relief Chefs UK is professionally vetted and must hold valid public liability insurance with cover of up to £10 million before attending any client assignment.
Book with confidence, knowing our chefs meet our strict onboarding and insurance requirements.
Book a chef.
Post your shift, review applicants and agree the details through our chef booking app.
Open the chef appFor venues & eventsBuild your team.
Waiting and bar staff, kitchen porters, housekeeping and event hospitality support in Exeter, Devon and Bristol.
Request hospitality staffFor hospitality peopleFind your next role.
Chefs apply for temporary shifts in the app. Wider hospitality staff and permanent candidates register with our team.
Choose your work routePost a shift. Review applicants. Book your chef.
We also offer permanent chef recruitment across the UK, and temp-to-perm if a chef turns out to be the one. Permanent recruitment
- Post your chef shift
Add the venue, dates, hours and kitchen requirements in the app.
- Review applicants
Discuss the experience and availability relevant to your kitchen.
- Confirm the booking
Agree the rate, duties, hours and practical arrangements before the shift.
Every role, every kind of kitchen.
Temporary and relief chefs
A single shift, a week or a full season.
Find out morePermanent chef recruitment
The chef who stays, with temp-to-perm if you want to try first.
Find out moreEmergency chef cover
Our team is available 24/7 to help find short-notice cover, subject to availability.
Find out moreHospitality staffing
Front of house, bar, housekeeping and events.
Find out morePrivate chefs and household staff
Chefs, housekeepers and service staff for private homes.
Find out moreYacht chefs
Yacht chefs, stews and interior crew.
Find out more
When the rota falls apart, call us.
If someone calls in sick, doesn't turn up, or you get a sudden rush of bookings, our team is available day or night to help find emergency cover anywhere in the UK, subject to availability.
Our trusted partners
Some of the hotels, restaurants, pubs, schools and organisations we support with chef and catering staff across the UK.
- The Orchard Inn, Galhampton

- Kaleidoscope Hotels

- The Nobody Inn

- Sherwell Valley Primary School

- The Bay Tree Inn, Stillington

- TEAM Multi-Academy Trust

- The Arborist Café

- The Five Dials Inn

- Tre, Pol & Pen

- The George Hotel, Easingwold

Bossick Hotels Ltd - The Acorn, Gnosall

- Inspire Leisure

- Alexandra Hotel

- Llys Meddyg Hotel

- Coul House Hotel

- Steam Packet Inn, Totnes

- The Three Chimneys

- Thurlestone Hotel

- Cary Arms & Spa

- Black Swan - Ravenstonedale

- Burnham Beeches Hotel

- Waterside

- St JOHN

- Marazion Hotel

- Taste the World

- The Old Mill - Salisbury

- Orbis - Stamford

- The Hunters - Romsey

- Bills Bar - Oakham

- The Rising Sun - Colden Common

- The March Hare - Harestock

- The Fox - Fair Oak

- The Woodfalls

- The Cloisters - Salisbury

- Bills Bar - Salisbury

- Twisted Barrel

- The Bricklayers Arms - Newbury

- Tikila

- Combe House Hotel

- The Boatside Inn

- The Stapleton Arms

- The Scotts Arms

- The White Hart - Moretonhampstead

- Hare and Hounds - Claygate

Hoppy Trails Ltd - The Cadeleigh Arms

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“Brilliant service. Used them for two years now and have never been let down. Even when I’ve called for a chef on the day, Relief Chefs have always delivered.”Grant Holloway, client
Run by chefs, not recruiters.
Relief Chefs UK was established in 2013 by executive chef Walter Weissabel. The team has more than 60 years in hospitality between them, so we understand the pressure of service and the standards it takes.
- Trusted by more than 400 venues
- Every chef ID-checked, right-to-work checked and referenced
- Emergency cover 24/7
- Temporary, seasonal and permanent chefs
- Nationwide coverage, from our head office in Exeter
- Established 2013
Good people. Great service.
Hear from the chefs and hospitality businesses who work with Relief Chefs UK.
Your next chef booking starts here.
Book temporary and relief chefs through our app: post shifts, review applicants and agree the details. For hospitality staff, event teams and permanent recruitment, contact our Exeter-based team.
Need people for your venue or event?
Tell us what you need and we’ll come back to you. Or call the office, or email info@reliefchefs.co.uk.
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Devon, Cornwall & Bristol.
Exeter at the heart.
Find the right route for your venue: chef shifts through the app, and hospitality or event staffing enquiries through our team.
Devon chefs
Chef bookings for Devon kitchens, with practical venue and travel details.
Explore DevonExeter hospitality & events
Waiting staff, bar teams, kitchen support and housekeeping for venues and events.
Request your teamCornwall chefs
Temporary and seasonal chef assignments for coastal, rural and town venues.
Explore CornwallBristol chefs & staff
Book chefs in the app and discuss your event or hospitality team with us.
Explore BristolWe also support UK-wide recruitment. Explore Hampshire, Surrey and Oxford, or contact our team about another location. Availability varies.
