Executive Chef

BaxterStorey UK; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality provider in Isleworth seeks a skilled kitchen manager to ensure efficient kitchen operations across multiple outlets. Responsibilities include food preparation, quality control, team management, and adherence to health and safety standards. This role requires proven kitchen experience and a valid Food Hygiene Certificate. Join us and contribute to a team focused on quality and creativity in food service.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a demanding kitchen at the relevant level.
• Ability to negotiate and build relationships with suppliers.
• A good understanding of food provenance.

Responsibilities

• Manage the smooth and efficient operation of the kitchen across multiple outlets.
• Plan, prepare, cook, and present food to required standards.
• Supervise recruitment and selection, assess employee performance.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate or above

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• Manage the smooth and efficient operation of the kitchen that operates across multiple outlets, ensuring the company’s reputation for food quality is maintained at all times.
• Organise the planning, preparation, cooking and presentation of food to the standards required by the company and the client.
• Ensure supplies are correctly issued, used and accounted for to carry out stock takes and food rotation procedures.
• Set objectives and be responsible for theday to day running of the kitchensincluding supervising the recruitment and selection process
• Assess employee performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
• Continuously update your industry knowledge on currentfood trendsand ingredients.
• Control and achieve agreed financial targets whilst maximising all commercial opportunities, communicating this with the team as and when needed.
• Ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements ofHealth and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislationand procedures.

Job Description

• Manage the smooth and efficient operation of the kitchen that operates across multiple outlets, ensuring the company’s reputation for food quality is maintained at all times.
• Organise the planning, preparation, cooking and presentation of food to the standards required by the company and the client.
• Ensure supplies are correctly issued, used and accounted for to carry out stock takes and food rotation procedures.
• Set objectives and be responsible for theday to day running of the kitchensincluding supervising the recruitment and selection process
• Assess employee performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
• Continuously update your industry knowledge on currentfood trendsand ingredients.
• Control and achieve agreed financial targets whilst maximising all commercial opportunities, communicating this with the team as and when needed.
• Ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements ofHealth and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislationand procedures.

Qualifications

• Food’s provenance is critical to you and the closer to your kitchen, the better
• You understand that being a great chef is not just about cooking but the ability to work with a team, and build relationships
• You will have proven experience within a demanding kitchen at the relevant level
• Have an Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate or above
• Team player
• Ability to negotiate and build relationships with suppliers

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

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

We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.

WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE

We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.

CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE

We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.

FOREVER CONSCIOUS

We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? 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.

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.