Head Chef

WSH Group; West of England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company is seeking a Head Chef to lead their culinary team in the West of England. You will be responsible for maintaining exceptional standards, building strong relationships with clients, and achieving key performance indicators in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate has proven chef experience, is financially astute, and possesses strong leadership skills to mentor and develop their team. Apply now to join a food revolution that celebrates diversity and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Financially astute; analytical with budget management.
• Excellent coaching, delegation, and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support your team to maintain high standards.
• Build relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Achieve business critical KPIs including Health and Safety.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Kitchen Management Experience

Cost Control

Leadership Experience

Job description

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.

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 creative environment and 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 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 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 aims 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.

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