Chef - Must be flexible

jobr.pro; Cwmbran; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

BaxterStorey in Wales is seeking a proactive Chef to lead a busy, multi‑outlet kitchen operation across Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, and events spaces. You will support the Head Chef, supervise kitchen staff, and ensure food quality, safety and timely service during weddings, school visits, and seasonal private functions.

The role emphasizes coaching and developing teams, managing food prep, stock, allergens, and supplier coordination, with a focus on menu development and

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie in a high-volume, quality-focused kitchen.
• Experience supporting, training and motivating kitchen teams.
• Strong financial awareness with experience in food cost control and GP targets.
• Excellent coaching and delegation skills with team leadership.
• Willingness to work weekends and evenings as required.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef in delivering the culinary vision across the Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, Playbarn Café, Concessions, and Events & Hospitality spaces.
• Supervise and mentor kitchen staff, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety and hygiene.
• Manage daily kitchen operations including food prep, stock rotation, allergen control, and supplier coordination.
• Work closely with front‑of‑house and events teams to ensure smooth service for school visits, weddings, seasonal events, and private functions.
• Maintain consistency and efficiency across a logistically varied site, ensuring timely and high‑quality food delivery.
• Uphold food safety and hygiene standards, including compliance with HACCP procedures.
• Contribute to menu development with creativity and seasonal inspiration.
• Drive continuous improvement, offering ideas and feedback to enhance the food offering and kitchen operations.

Skills

Sous Chef

Senior Chef de Partie

Event catering

Team coaching

Food safety

Job description

Job Description

Key Responsibilities – Chef

As a Chef, you’ll play a vital role in launching and supporting the leadership of a vibrant, multi‑outlet kitchen operation at one of the region’s most exciting new destinations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Head Chefin delivering the culinary vision across the Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, Playbarn Café, Concessions, and Events & Hospitality spaces
• Supervising and mentoring kitchen staff, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety, and hygiene are maintained at all times
• Managing daily kitchen operations, including food prep, stock rotation, allergen control, and assisting with supplier coordination
• Working closely with front‑of‑house and events teamsto ensure smooth service for school visits, weddings, seasonal events, and private functions
• Maintaining consistency and efficiencyacross a logistically varied site, ensuring timely and high‑quality food delivery
• Upholding food safety and hygiene standards, including compliance with HACCP procedures
• Contributing to menu development, bringing creativity and seasonal inspiration to the table
• Driving continuous improvement, offering ideas and feedback to enhance the food offering and kitchen operations

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Sous CheforSenior Chef de Partiein ahigh‑volume, quality‑focused environment
• A strong background inwedding and event catering—you know how to deliver under pressure and support seamless execution
• A track record ofsupporting, training, and motivating kitchen teamsto maintain consistently high standards
• Financial awareness, with experience in food cost control, GP targets, stock management, and supplier coordination
• Excellentcoaching and delegation skills—you lead by example and support the Head Chef in developing the team
• Highlyorganised, detail‑oriented, and calm under pressure, especially during peak service
• Anempathetic and effective communicatorwith a collaborative, solution‑focused mindset
• Strongmenu execution, planning, and problem‑solvingabilities
• Able toworkweekends and evenings as required by the operation

Additional Information

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.