Head Chef

Baxterstorey; Brandfold; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28Days holiday including bank holidays

Birthday day off

Maternity leave

Grandparent leave

Free meals on shift

Training and development opportunities

Pension and life insurance

Wellbeing hub

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

BaxterStorey in Kent is seeking a Head Chef to lead a talented team in a vibrant workplace catering environment. You will drive exceptional food standards, mentor your team, and build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.

This role is Monday to Friday with no weekends or evenings, offering development opportunities, a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package designed to reward expertise and dedication.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Head Chef or similar role.
• Obsessed with food and creating experiences.
• Experience in managing, training and supporting a team.
• Financially astute with budgeting and commercial focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver exceptional standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and stakeholders in the business.
• Mentor, train, recognise and empower your team for growth.
• Create a culture of excellence with obsessive food standards and innovation.
• Achieve KPIs including Health & Safety, Sustainability, Financial & Governance.

Skills

Leadership & mentorship

Budgeting & financial acumen

Staff development

Communication

Strategic thinking

Coaching & delegation

Job description

Job Description

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. 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. Job Description Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards. Build positive, credible and collaborate relationships & communication methods with clients & 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 Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role Have an obsession for food and creating experiences You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure Meticulous organisational abilities and a 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

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.

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.

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

Company Description

Head Chef role in a workplace in Kent Competitive Salary with great benefits package Monday to Friday Role - No weekends or evenings Great Opportunities for growth and development

Benefits

• 28Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday as paid day off
• 3 paid volunteering days
• 3 days paid grandparent leave.
• 26weeks' enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary carerleave (enhanced; 4 weeks)
• Paid Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Calling all culinary connoisseurs that are OBSESSED about food, we need you! If you have an insatiable appetite for the culinary arts and a burning desire to create food that delights customers and clients, then look no further. At BaxterStorey we offer an exceptional culinary playground where