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40 recent chef and hospitality jobs from 22 employers that hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence on the official Home Office register.
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These roles are advertised by employers that hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence. A licence means the employer can sponsor workers — it does not mean this particular vacancy is open to sponsorship. Always confirm with the employer before applying.
From £11,857
From £34,000
Above the new entrant rate only
£14.67 an hour
£15.00 an hour
Closes in 11 days
From £14,672
Salary not stated
Salary not stated
Salary not stated
Salary not stated
Salary not stated
From £38,000
Above the new entrant rate only
From £30,000
Below the £41,700 threshold
Compass Group UK & Ireland Limited Registered Office, UK
Licensed sponsor, A-rated
Up to £56,160
Pay meets the salary threshold
From £33,280
Below the £41,700 threshold
The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedPermanent
£28,819–£31,626
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes in 13 days
From £18,000
Below the £41,700 threshold
£14.60 an hour
Closes 14 Nov
£18.00 an hour
Closes 13 Nov
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Sherborne
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedPermanent
£20,608–£21,980
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes in 9 days
Salary not stated
Closes in 12 days
Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton-U-Lyne
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 2Permanent
From £25,272
NHS pay scale, Band 2
Closes in 3 days
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedPermanent
From £27,476
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes in 3 days
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Chester
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 3Permanent
£25,760–£27,476
NHS pay scale, Band 3
Closes 16 Nov
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Derby
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 3Permanent
£25,760–£27,476
NHS pay scale, Band 3
Closes tomorrow
Marie Curie, Solihull
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 3Permanent
£25,760–£27,476
NHS pay scale, Band 3
Closes in 6 days
From £33,456
Above the new entrant rate only
Closes in 12 days
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedBank
£13.17 an hour
Closes in 2 days
£16.00–£23.57 an hour
Closes tomorrow
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedBank
£18.08 an hour
Closes 31 Dec
£30,664–£34,743
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes today
From £26,384
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes in 10 days
From £26,130
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes in 12 days
Salary not stated
Closes in 12 days
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Scunthorpe
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 2Permanent
From £25,272
NHS pay scale, Band 2
Closes in 6 days
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedFixed-Term
£12.71 an hour
Closes today
Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust, Chester
Licensed sponsor, A-ratedNHS Band 3Bank
£25,760–£27,476
NHS pay scale, Band 3
Closes tomorrow
£16.54 an hour
Closes 30 Nov
£16.54 an hour
Closes 30 Nov
From £32,253
Below the £41,700 threshold
Closes 30 Nov
From £34,498
Above the new entrant rate only
Closes 30 Nov
As of 19 October 2026, SkilledJobs lists 40 current chef and hospitality jobs at 22 employers holding a Skilled Worker sponsor licence on the Home Office register. The most listed occupation is chefs (SOC 5434), with 39. Salary rules are national: generally £41,700 or the going rate, if higher. The licence is the employer's, not the vacancy's.
Figures as of Register checked
Eligible occupation codes present in these listings. Each links to the code's going rate, eligibility notes and sponsors.
Restaurant groups, hotels and pub companies sponsor chefs under SOC 5434 and managers under the catering management codes. The chef code carries its own going rate; front-of-house and kitchen assistant roles are not eligible occupations.
Hotel groups, restaurant chains, independent restaurants, pub companies and contract caterers hold sponsor licences, chiefly to hire chefs. Hospitality was one of the sectors that applied for licences in numbers after 2021, and the register still lists many single-site restaurants alongside the national groups. Listings here are at employers whose registered names match the Home Office register of licensed sponsors.
Three codes make up this hub: chefs (SOC 5434), hotel and accommodation managers (1221) and restaurant and catering establishment managers (1222). The chef code carries its own going rate, and the manager codes carry theirs; where the rate is below the general threshold of £41,700, the general threshold is the bar. Waiting staff, bar staff, kitchen porters and kitchen assistants are not eligible occupations under the route and are not listed here, however the advert describes them.
The chef code sits below RQF level 6. Since 22 July 2025 the standard skill threshold for the route has been RQF level 6, and occupations below that level remain eligible only while they appear on the Immigration Salary List or the Temporary Shortage List, both of which GOV.UK publishes and revises. Chef roles have moved on and off these lists over the years, sometimes with conditions about the type of establishment or the seniority of the post, so the current GOV.UK entry for 5434 is the thing to check against any offer.
Pay in hospitality is set by the employer and is often quoted with tips, service charge or live-in accommodation. For the threshold, the Home Office counts guaranteed basic gross pay: tronc, tips, service charge and accommodation do not count. Hours matter too, because the comparison is made for the hours stated on the Certificate of Sponsorship, and an advert built on a long working week can overstate the annual figure once it is expressed for a standard week.
The card shows the advertised salary where the advert gives one and how it sits against the threshold for the classified code. Before relying on an offer, confirm with the employer which code it would assign, that the figure is basic pay for the stated hours, and whether the post is open to a Certificate of Sponsorship. Where a group runs several sites under different companies, the licence must be held by the company that will employ the chef, and that is the name the register shows.
Check your own position with the eligibility checker or the salary calculator, and confirm with the employer that the role you want is open to sponsorship.
Employer? Sponsor licence data and fees for Hospitality and chefs.