The right chef for your kitchen, chosen with care.
We don't send whoever is free. We read every CV, check every certificate and think about your kitchen before we put a chef forward, so the person who walks through your door on Friday fits your pass.
Matching note example
For: Gastropub in SE16, Saturday dinner, Sous Chef
We'd like to send Maya R.
- Six years running sauce and grill sections in busy London gastropubs
- Lives 2 miles away, so no last-minute travel risk
- Comfortable cooking 120 covers with a small brigade
- Right to work and Level 3 food hygiene checked last month
Shall we confirm her? You'll get her number straight away.
How we choose your chef
Every booking goes through the same five steps. It takes us longer than an app that sends the first name on the list. That's the point.
We read the whole CV
Where they've cooked, for how long, and at what level. A banqueting chef and a fine-dining chef are not the same hire.
We check the paperwork
Right to work in the UK and a current food hygiene certificate, seen and checked by a person before their first shift.
We learn your kitchen
Your cuisine, your covers, your pass. A busy pub Sunday and a tasting menu need different hands.
We match, then we ask you
Distance, experience, skills and reliability, weighed together. You see why we chose them before anything is confirmed.
We stay with you on the day
A reminder the night before, the chef's number in your pocket, and us at the end of the phone if anything changes.
“If your chef doesn't turn up, you don't pay. If they can't make it, we find you someone else and refund you in full while we do.”
Our promise to every kitchen
More than shift cover
The same care, whether you need someone for one night or for good.
Simple pricing
One flat fee.
£25 a shift.
The chef keeps their full hourly rate. You pay that, plus £25 to ChefFlex. No percentages, no hidden mark-up, no joining fee.
Example: 10-hour shift at £18 an hour
- Chef's pay
- £180.00
- ChefFlex fee
- £25.00
- You pay
- £205.00
Minimum shift 5 paid hours. No VAT is charged. You only pay once your chef is confirmed. Cancel free up to 24 hours before; inside 24 hours the chef is paid half.
Who runs ChefFlex
Run by
professionals.
ChefFlex is run by a professional hospitality team.
We're fast, organised and on it day and night, so kitchens get cover quickly and chefs hear back fast. We check every chef's experience, right to work and food hygiene before their first shift, and we step in personally whenever a kitchen or chef needs us.
The ChefFlex team