Head Chef

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

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a passionate Head Chef to spearhead a new multi-outlet catering operation at Greenmeadow Community Farm, set to open in August 2025. This role offers an exciting opportunity to shape an innovative food offering while leading a dedicated kitchen team in a vibrant community-focused setting. Benefits include extensive training, career development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

28 days holiday per annum

24 weeks enhanced maternity leave

Bespoke training and development opportunities

Pension & life insurance

Wellbeing hub & employee assistance programme

Free meals while at work

Career development & apprenticeships for all levels

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in a high-volume environment.
• Strong background in wedding and event catering with excellent leadership skills.
• Financially astute with experience in cost management and supplier relations.

Responsibilities

• Lead culinary direction across multiple food outlets.
• Build and manage a skilled kitchen team ensuring high food quality.
• Oversee daily kitchen operations and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Leadership

Catering Management

Menu Development

Customer Service

Stock Control

Job description

Greenmeadow Community Farm is preparing to open its gates inAugust 2025, and we’re looking for a passionate, creative, and experiencedHead Chefto lead the kitchen team across our brand-new,multi-outlet catering operation.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a fresh, exciting food offering in a vibrant, family-focused setting—perfect for a chef who thrives on variety, innovation, and leading from the front.

Benefits Include:

• 28 days holiday per annum
• 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Pension & life insurance
• Wellbeing hub & employee assistance programme
• Free meals while at work
• Career development & apprenticeships for all levels

️What Makes This Role Exciting?

You’ll lead the culinary direction across a diverse and dynamic food operation, including:

• A welcomingFarmshopwith local produce and artisan goods
• A stylishBarista Coffee Bar
• Family-friendlyConcessionsacross the site
• A wide range ofEvents & Hospitality, includingweddings, school visits, and seasonal celebrations

What We’re Looking For:

• Aproven Head Chefwith experience in high-volume, multi-outlet environments
• Strong background inevent and wedding catering
• A passion forfresh, seasonal, and sustainable food
• Excellent leadership and team development skills
• Financially aware with experience in stock control, GP management, and supplier relationships
• Highly organised, calm under pressure, and detail-oriented
• Able to work5 out of 7 days, including weekends and evenings
• Be part of an exciting new chapter from day one
• Work in a beautiful, nature-rich setting with a strong community focus
• Help shape the food and hospitality experience at one of the region’s most anticipated new attractions

Ready to build something amazing?

Apply now and be part of the Greenmeadow story from the very beginning.

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.