Head Chef

BaxterStorey UK; Cwmbran; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

BaxterStorey UK recherche un Chef de Cuisine pour gérer une cuisine dynamique multi-sites. Vous serez responsable de la direction culinaire, de la gestion d'une équipe expérimentée et de l'innovation dans les menus pour une expérience gastronomique exceptionnelle. Ce poste exige une forte capacité de leadership et une expertise en événements. Rejoignez-nous pour transformer la manière dont nous servons nos clients.

Qualifications

• Expérience prouvée en tant que Chef de Cuisine dans un environnement à fort volume.
• Expertise en organisation d'événements et restauration.
• Capacité à gérer les coûts alimentaires et contrôler les stocks.

Responsibilities

• Dirige la direction culinaire à travers plusieurs points de vente.
• Maintient des normes élevées de qualité et de sécurité alimentaire.
• Collabore avec les équipes pour offrir une expérience de restauration exceptionnelle.

Skills

Leadership

Gestion de la qualité alimentaire

Collaboration

Organisation

Communication

Développement de menus

Education

Expérience en tant que Chef de Cuisine ou Sous-Chef Senior

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AsHead Chef, you’ll play a pivotal role in launching and leading a vibrant, multi-outlet kitchen operation at one of the region’s most exciting new destinations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the culinary directionacross the farm’s food outlets, including the Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, Playbarn Café, Concessions, and Events & Hospitality spaces
• Building and managing a skilled kitchen team, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety, and hygiene across all outlets
• Overseeing daily kitchen operations, including food preparation, stock control, supplier relationships, allergen management, and cost control
• Collaborating with front-of-house and events teamsto deliver seamless service for school visits, seasonal events, weddings, and private functions
• Maintaining consistency and excellenceacross a logistically varied site, ensuring smooth kitchen operations and timely service
• Implementing and upholding food safety and quality standards, including full compliance with HACCP procedures
• Delivering exceptional hospitality experiencesthrough creative, seasonal, and locally inspired menus
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement, adapting menus and operations based on feedback, trends, and evolving visitor needs

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

AsHead Chef, you’ll play a pivotal role in launching and leading a vibrant, multi-outlet kitchen operation at one of the region’s most exciting new destinations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the culinary directionacross the farm’s food outlets, including the Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, Playbarn Café, Concessions, and Events & Hospitality spaces
• Building and managing a skilled kitchen team, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety, and hygiene across all outlets
• Overseeing daily kitchen operations, including food preparation, stock control, supplier relationships, allergen management, and cost control
• Collaborating with front-of-house and events teamsto deliver seamless service for school visits, seasonal events, weddings, and private functions
• Maintaining consistency and excellenceacross a logistically varied site, ensuring smooth kitchen operations and timely service
• Implementing and upholding food safety and quality standards, including full compliance with HACCP procedures
• Delivering exceptional hospitality experiencesthrough creative, seasonal, and locally inspired menus
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement, adapting menus and operations based on feedback, trends, and evolving visitor needs

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as aHead CheforSenior Sous Chefin ahigh-volume, quality-focused environment
• A strong background inwedding and event catering—you know how to deliver under pressure and exceed expectations
• A track record ofleading, training, and motivating kitchen teamsto deliver consistently high standards
• Financially astute, with experience in managing food costs, GP, stock control, and supplier relationships
• Excellentcoaching, delegation, and leadership skills—you lead by example and bring out the best in others
• Highlyorganised, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure, even during peak service
• Anempathetic and effective communicatorwith a collaborative, solution-focused mindset
• Strongmenu development, planning, and critical reasoningskills
• Able towork 5 out of 7 days, including weekends and evenings as required by the operation

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.