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About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled Head Chef to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for workplace hospitality. At BaxterStorey we offer an exceptional culinary playground where your creativity can flourish, your talents can shine and we wholeheartedly believe in nourishing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft and create a development partnership together to ensure professional growth opportunities.

Responsibilities

Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships and communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business.
Continually develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.
Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation.
Achieve business critical KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Requirements

Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
Obsession for food and creating experiences.
Demonstrated experience in managing, training, and supporting a team.
Financially astute with the ability to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
Excellent coaching, delegation, and influencing skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and thrive under pressure.
Meticulous organizational abilities and high attention to detail.
Empathetic, clear, and highly effective verbal and written communication.
Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective.
Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.
Works according to the BaxterStorey core values.

Skills

Culinary arts
Team leadership
Client relationship management
Mentoring
Training
Financial management
Budgeting
Commercial performance
Coaching
Delegation
Influencing
Project prioritization
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Communication
Problem-solving
Strategic thinking
Critical reasoning

Location

London - Liverpool Street

Work Type

Permanent
Monday to Friday
40 hours per week

Experience Level

Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels

Salary/Compensations

Up to £60,000

Benefits

28 Days holiday including bank holidays
Birthday off
3 volunteering days
3 days grandparent leave
24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
Secondary career leave
Wedding/commitment day leave
Free meals on shift
Bespoke training and development opportunities
Apprenticeships opportunities
Pension and life insurance
Discounts available from HAPI app
Wellbeing hub
Access to employee assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme

About the Company

For almost 20 years, BaxterStorey has created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams for every client, in every location.
We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible.
We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.
Our drive and belief in our people means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers.
‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.
Join us, and be part of the food revolution!
BaxterStorey Values: ALWAYS VISIONARY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE, CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE, FOREVER CONSCIOUS.
Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.

Equal Opportunity

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.
We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.
BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.
Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.