Back-of-house staff agency in Chelsea
Kitchen porter cover for Chelsea hospitality businesses — same-day where you need it, contracted weekly where you want stability. Upscale residential restaurant strip — King's Road, Brompton Road, Sloane Square. Dinner-led trade, strong Saturday lunch culture, lighter Sunday-Monday. Customers expect linen and service quality matching the address. Our operatives know Chelsea — the king's road restaurant strip (east and west) pattern, the brompton road and brompton cross fine-dining crowd, the local kitchen culture.
Why Chelsea kitchens need boh staff
Heritage shopfront conversions on King's Road — small kitchens, vertical layouts, often constrained extract. Brompton Cross has more modern restaurant fit-outs with current-spec extract. Service rhythms in Chelsea demand reliable BOH cover — upscale residential restaurant strip — king's road, brompton road, sloane square. dinner-led trade, strong saturday lunch culture, lighter sunday-monday. customers expect linen and service quality matching the address. Our Chelsea pool is built around that pattern.
Chelsea venue clusters we cover
We work across the major Chelsea hospitality clusters: king's road restaurant strip (east and west); brompton road and brompton cross fine-dining; sloane square / sloane street department-store and hotel restaurants; cheyne walk and royal hospital road riverside restaurants. Chelsea residential-luxury restaurants run very small kitchen brigades and rely on agency KP cover for peaks. Highest agency-staffing ratio of any London borough we serve.
Access and out-of-hours work in Chelsea
Service access via mews behind King's Road (Cale Street, Markham Street, Bywater Street). Sloane Square service access via Pavilion Road. Out-of-hours pattern works well except during major Chelsea Flower Show / Sloane Street event weeks. KP shifts in Chelsea run from breakfast prep to close — we send operatives kitted in non-slip kitchen shoes and clean uniform.
Back-of-house staff agency in Chelsea
- ✓Kitchen porters and pot-wash
- ✓Plate-up runners (banqueting, large events)
- ✓Cellar and bar-back operatives
- ✓Linen and stillage runners
- ✓Event BOH teams (5–50 operatives with on-site lead)
- ✓Direct PAYE employment — no umbrella, no IR35 risk
From enquiry to sign-off.
- 1. Define the role
Tell us what BOH role, shift pattern, kitchen type. We confirm availability and rate.
- 2. Vetted operative deployed
Operatives arrive kitted and briefed. Single shift, week or rolling cover.
- 3. Weekly invoicing
Timesheet signed by duty manager. Weekly invoice. No hidden fees.
£22–£44/hr outside London · £24–£52/hr in London · Kitchen porter, waiting and bar staff from £22/hr (£24/hr London); commis chef from £24/hr (£28/hr London); chef de partie from £29/hr (£34/hr London); sous chef from £36/hr (£42/hr London); head chef cover from £44/hr (£52/hr London). All-in including PAYE, NI, holiday pay and pension.
Prices shown exclude VAT. London rates apply within the M25. All other UK cities use standard rates.
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BOH staff in Chelsea — questions
Do you cover all of Chelsea? +
Yes — we cover every postcode in Chelsea, including the major clusters: King's Road restaurant strip (East and West) and Brompton Road and Brompton Cross fine-dining. Out-of-hours access patterns vary by cluster; we coordinate access ahead of every visit.
What does a kitchen porter cost in Chelsea? +
Standard rates apply across Chelsea — £22–£44/hr outside London · £24–£52/hr in London. All PAYE, no umbrella, single invoice.
Which EHO covers Chelsea? +
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea EHO. Strong overall scoring with a higher proportion of 5-rated venues than the London average. Documentation-driven inspection pattern.
What BOH roles do you cover? +
Kitchen porters, pot-wash, plate-up, cellar, bar-back, linen and stillage, event BOH teams. Not chefs — we partner with chef-specialist agencies for that.
Are operatives employed or self-employed? +
PAYE-employed by us. No umbrella companies, no IR35 risk for you, single invoice.
Can you supply an event BOH team? +
Yes — 5 to 50 operatives with an on-site lead. Regular cover for hotels, corporate venues and exhibition centres nationwide.
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