Hospitality & Catering Jobs

Chef

Hickory's Smokehouse • Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Salary

£17k – £27k

Posted

22 July 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Hickory's Smokehouse is hiring a Chef in Gloucester, a full-time hospitality & catering role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £17k – £27k. Hickory's Smokehouse holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Join us as a Chef and we can offer you a generous package of up to £16.11 per hour including Tip Jar! 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! Real Chefs Wanted. To Cook Real Food….Sounds like a basic request – it’s a key ingredient for our chefs. Learn the art of authentic BBQ cooking and become a master of the flames as we take your career to a whol…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Hickory's Smokehouse — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £17k – £27k
How this salary compares: about 9% below the £30,000 median across 1,461 hospitality & catering roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Gloucester, Gloucestershire · Full-time
Posted: 22 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Chefs are among the occupations specifically listed as eligible under the Skilled Worker visa, covering roles from commis chef through to head chef level. Restaurant groups, hotel chains, and contract catering companies sponsor both established chefs and those at earlier stages of their career.