Head Chef

WSH Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 39,000 - 39,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Monday-Friday only

28 days holiday including bank holiday

Birthday off

Pension and life insurance

Job summary

BaxterStorey is excited to invite a talented Head Chef to join our team in a dynamic workplace. You will lead and mentor a busy kitchen, directing and inspiring a team to deliver exceptional, high‑quality service and innovative menus.

You will manage budgets, drive commercial performance, and partner with clients and stakeholders to set the standard for workplace hospitality. This role rewards culinary excellence, collaboration, and a hungry appetite for growth.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef in a similar location.
• Obsession for food and creating experiences.
• Experience managing large teams, training and supporting staff.
• Financially astute with budgeting and driving commercial performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, creative environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail.
• Empathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication.
• Adaptable with a solution‑oriented mindset.
• Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning.
• Works according to BaxterStorey core values.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and 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 KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Team leadership

Food passion

Budget management

Communication skills

Mentoring

Job description

• Compensation: GBP 39,000 - GBP 39,500 - yearly

Company Benefits

• Monday-Friday only
• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• 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 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative, inclusive and passionate Head Chef to join our team.

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 collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and 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 KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef in a similar location.
• Have an obsession for food and creating experiences.
• You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a large 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‑faced, 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.

EEO Statement

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’.

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.