Head Chef | Creative Cuisine Leader, Leeds (Weekdays)

WSH Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 Days holiday including bankholidays

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

Apprenticeships opportunities

Pension and life insurance

Perkbox discounts

Wellbeing hub

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work

Job summary

BaxterStorey in Leeds is seeking a skilled Head Chef to lead and inspire a high-performing kitchen team within our retail and hospitality concept. You will drive exceptional food standards, mentor chefs, and manage budgets while delivering outstanding client experiences.

We offer a dynamic kitchen environment, development opportunities and a focus on quality, sustainability, and customer service as part of BaxterStorey’s culinary leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Have an obsession for food and creating experiences.
• Demonstrate managing, training, and supporting a team as part of your career.
• Financially astute, analytical and able to create and maintain budgets.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted environment and thrive under pressure.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail.
• Empathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication.
• Ability to adapt to challenges with a solution-oriented perspective.
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.
• Works according to BaxterStorey core values.

Responsibilities

• Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships 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 caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation.
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

People leadership

Food quality

Menu development

Budgeting skills

Coaching & delegation

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Adaptability

Strategic thinking

Core values alignment

Job description

BaxterStorey in Leeds is seeking a skilled Head Chef to lead and inspire a high-performing kitchen team within our retail and hospitality concept. You will drive exceptional food standards, mentor chefs, and manage budgets while delivering outstanding client experiences.

We offer a dynamic kitchen environment, development opportunities and a focus on quality, sustainability, and customer service as part of BaxterStorey’s culinary leadership.