Assistant Head of Event Catering

Assistant Head of Event Catering

GBP50,000 pa plus 10% performance–based bonus and excellent benefits
London

Permanent, Full–time

Ref: TE/TP/699/447

We are looking for a passionate, knowledgeable and experienced Assistant Head of Event Catering to join our Events team at Tate Britain and Tate Modern!

Become part of the Tate Eats dynamic team and be part of Tate. We offer a supportive, engaging working environment that is inspired by our surroundings and the creative institution we support. You will be able to express yourself, be challenged to think differently while working flexibly and collaboratively across teams. Tate Eats offers you the opportunity to grow personally and professionally in a nurturing, diverse business.

Our ideal candidate will have a proven track record of working with budgets and achieving financial targets. They will have experience in leading, planning and delivering event catering. They will have worked within a historic or cultural setting with experience of operating events that have restrictions around artworks. They will be an excellent communicator with proven experience of managing teams and keeping them engaged and motivated.

Tate Eats is unique in the cultural world, a hospitality business whose purpose supports the vision and reach of Tate in all four of its galleries. All our profits are returned to Tate championing the right to the richness of art for everyone.

Our business is multi–faceted, we run restaurants, cafés and bars while delivering a vast range of events from film premieres to boardroom lunches. We are though much more than that, we have a pioneering roastery setting the agenda on gender equality in the coffee supply chain. We brew beer, we blend gin, we create teas, we have a multi award–winning wine programme, we visit farms, we research and write menus in response to Tate's diverse programme, and we collaborate with artists and curators.

As well as a great place to work, we offer excellent benefits and development opportunities. Our benefits include:

• Staff meal allowance
• Performance & service awards
• Employee Assistance Program, Mental Health Allies, Cycle scheme and Eyecare vouchers
• Producer & Supplier Trips
• Beverage training & tastings
• Great discounts in our shops and catering outlets
• Free entry to exhibitions for you, your friends and family.

Closing date: 25 January 2026.