Head Chef

WSH Group; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality organization in the UK is seeking a Head Chef responsible for delivering exceptional culinary standards and leading a high-performing team. You will build relationships with clients while mentoring your team to ensure continuous improvement and innovation in your kitchen. Candidates should possess strong financial acumen, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for food. Join us to create a remarkable hospitality legacy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Have an obsession for food and creating experiences.
• Managing training and supporting a team has been important in your career.
• Financially astute, analytical, and capable of maintaining budgets.
• Excellent coaching, delegation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organizational abilities and attention to detail.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to challenges with a solution-oriented perspective.
• Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate, and support direct reports for exceptional standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop your team through mentoring and empowerment.
• Create a culture of excellence and innovation.
• Achieve business critical KPIs including Health, Safety, and Governance.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Restaurant Experience

Kitchen Management Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Kitchen Experience

Food Industry

Cooking

Cost Control

Baking

Sanitation

Leadership Experience

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 KPIs 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 thats 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 teams 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 dont meet all requirements we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn we can work together to develop your potential.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equality diversity and inclusion among our workforce.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

And to support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ED&I (Equity Diversity and Inclusion) ambition to set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality.

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Full-time

Key Skills

• Culinary Experience
• Food Handling
• Restaurant Experience
• Kitchen Management Experience
• Food Preparation Experience
• Kitchen Experience
• Food Industry
• Cooking
• Cost Control
• Baking
• Sanitation
• Leadership Experience

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1