Head Chef

WSH Group; Stoke Gifford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 Days holiday including bankolidays

Birthday off

Pension and life insurance

Free meals on shift

Wellbeing hub

Discounts via Perkbox app

Cycle to work scheme

Apprenticeships opportunities

Bespoke training and development

Job summary

BaxterStorey in the United Kingdom is seeking a Head Chef to lead and inspire a talented culinary team in Stoke Gifford. You will mentor staff, maintain exceptional food standards, and collaborate with clients and stakeholders to deliver memorable dining experiences.

You should demonstrate strong budgeting, operational leadership, and a passion for quality. The role offers structured development, a supportive environment, and a commitment to excellent service and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Ability to mentor, train and support a team.
• Financially astute with budgeting and commercial performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire and support your direct reports to deliver exceptional standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition and empowerment.
• Create a culture of excellence with outstanding food standards and innovation.
• Achieve KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Head Chef experience

Team leadership

Budgeting

Food quality focus

Communication skills

Education

Culinary qualification or professional chef certification

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 KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance., We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

Interested? Even if you don\u2019t meet all requirements, we\u2019d 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 include statements on diversity and inclusion as part of the employer brand.

• 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.

• Monday-Friday
• No split shifts or weekends.
• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 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
• 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 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.