Group Culinary Lead

WSH Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 Days holiday inclusive of bank and

Birthday holiday

Volunteer days (3)

Grandparent leave (3 days)

24 weeks maternity leave

Pension and life insurance

Free meals on shift

Wellbeing hub

Cycle to work

Job summary

BaxterStorey in London leads a multinational food service operation, seeking a Group Culinary Lead to shape food culture, menus, and guest experiences. You will manage kitchen operations, mentor chefs and partner with clients to ensure exceptional quality and consistency across outlets.

The role calls for strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a passion for culinary excellence, with travel across sites and a focus on safe, sustainable practices. Competitive package included.

Qualifications

• Previous experience commensurate with role.
• Passion for food and customer service.
• Experience training and supporting a team.
• Financially astute with budgeting and driving commercial performance.
• Excellent delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Mentor, train, recognize and empower your team.
• Create a culture of excellence with focus on service, food standards and innovation.
• Achieve KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Budgeting

Strategic thinking

Communication

Food knowledge

Problem solving

Job description

Company Description

Group Culinary Lead

London based and some Travel

Up to £75,000

Monday to Friday

Calling all culinary connoisseurs and gastronomic geniuses! If you have an insatiable passion for the culinary arts and a burning desire to create masterful dishes that delight the senses, then look no further. At BaxterStorey we offer an exceptional culinary playground where your creativity can flourish, your talents can shine and we wholeheartedly believe in nurturing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft and create a development partnership together to ensure professional growth opportunities.

We are looking for a Group Culinary lead to innovate and drive the food culture and experience within amultinational investmentandfinancial services company.

As the Group Culinary Lead , you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the culinary operations. You will play a crucial role in menu development, food preparation, kitchen management, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality culinary experiences. The ideal candidate will have a passion for culinary arts, strong leadership skills, and a creative approach to food.

Job Description

• Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborativerelationships & communication methods with clientsand other key stakeholders in the business.
• Continually look to 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 KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Qualifications

• Previous experience commensurate with role
• Have a contagiouspassion for food and customer service.
• You draw satisfaction from managing, training, and supporting a team.
• Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
• Excellent delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to work well under pressure.
• Meticulous organisational abilities; high attention to detail
• Concise 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

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us and we provide our employees with bespoke benefits which include:

• 28 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays.
• Birthday additional holiday.
• 3 days volunteering days.
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary career leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Bespoke development training.
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available from HAPI app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

We want to fuel your individuality, which is why we are deeply committed to creating an inclusive working culture at BaxterStorey.

Find out more about us at www.baxterstorey.com