What does a Chef earn in London? (2026)
What employers advertise in London.
£34,100 per year, median
the midpoint of 874 advertised salaries from 402 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,800 a month
- Low
- £27,300
- Median
- £34,100
- Average
- £36,400
- High
- £47,000
Median
Average
Low £27,300
High £47,000
Half of the adverts fall between £30,700 and £40,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 874 advertised salaries, from 402 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (509), an hourly rate (361), a monthly figure (4). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Chef jobs in London
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Chef in Suffolk
Full-time
Pastry Chef de Partie - London
Senior Sous Chef - London
Chef de Partie - London
Senior Sous Chef - Private Caribbean Island
40–43k £/yrFull-time
Chef De Partie
from 18 £/hrFull-time
Chef de Partie
Pastry Commis Chef - Pall Mall, London
Line / Gill Chef - Fitzrovia Belle - Tottenham Court Road, London
Senior Chef de Partie - London
Chef de Partie - London
Chef de Partie - London
Chef de Partie - London
Commis Chef - Pall Mall, London
Chef/Cook - Griffin Belle - Vauxhall, London
from 12 £/hr
Senior Chef de Partie - London
Chef de Partie - Pall Mall, London
Demi Chef de Partie - Restaurant Mauro Colagreco - London
Chef de Partie - Kensal Rise
Senior Sous Chef - London