Relief chefs.
Nationwide cover.
Temporary, emergency and permanent chefs for UK pubs, hotels, restaurants, holiday parks and private homes. Book Christmas and New Year’s Eve cover with our team.
Speak to our team or book through our app. Chef-led since 2013.
Keep your festive service covered.
Christmas parties, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. Chef cover for hospitality venues and private celebrations, nationwide.
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.
Need a chef?
Tell us who you need and our recruitment team finds them. Every chef is ID-checked, right-to-work checked and referenced before they reach your kitchen.
Hire a chef For chefsLooking for work?
Relief, seasonal, permanent, private and yacht work. Register once and we match you with roles that suit you.
Register for workTell us your dates. We check availability.
We also offer permanent chef recruitment across the UK, and temp-to-perm if a chef turns out to be the one. Permanent recruitment
- Tell us what you need
Fill in the short form below or call us, and we come back to you.
- We call you
We talk through your requirements and match you with the right chef.
- Meet your chef
Your chef arrives ready to perform from day one.
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.
Prefer to book it yourself?
Our new app is a separate, self-service marketplace: kitchens post shifts, chefs apply, and the details are agreed in the app. It runs alongside our recruitment agency, not instead of it.
Need a chef? Send your dates.
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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Your kitchen. Your postcode.
Our UK-wide chef network.
We arrange chef services across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, from city hotels and gastro pubs to rural venues, holiday parks and private homes. Tell us your location, dates and requirements so we can check suitable availability.
Pubs & restaurants
Relief chefs for busy services, absence cover and seasonal bookings.
Pub chef coverHotels & events
Kitchen support for banqueting, festive functions and guest dining.
Hotel chef coverPrivate households
Private dining, celebrations and ongoing household chef recruitment.
Private chef enquiriesExplore our local information for Devon, Cornwall, Bristol, Somerset and Surrey, or request a chef anywhere in the UK. Cover is subject to availability and booking confirmation.
