Head Chef Designate

Hickory's Smokehouse • Abingdon, England, United Kingdom • Posted June 13, 2026

Location Abingdon, England
Job Type Full time - Permanent
Category Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Posted June 13, 2026

Head Chef Designate


Start an exciting new chapter in your hospitality career at Hickory's Smokehouse - We are thrilled to have been recently crowned the ‘Best Pub Employer’ for 2025 at The Publican Awards! 

Join us as a Head Chef Designate and we can offer you a generous package of up to £48,000 per year including Tip Jar plus uncapped bonus!

We’re looking for a Head Chef to lead our passionate brigade of BBQ enthusiasts, you will be responsible for running our bespoke kitchen, and delivering the very best food that our Smokehouse can offer. You will be working with and leading the team to deliver authentic fresh food-based BBQ menu in one of the busiest restaurants in town.

As the fastest growing, Southern style Smokehouse group in the UK with an award-winning Hickory’s Training Academy, we can offer you amazing opportunities as we expand. And, we have a company culture that really cares & embraces work-life – ba...

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