Head Chef: Creative Culinary Leader & Growth Partner

WSH Group; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Apprenticeships

Pension

Perkbox discounts

Employee assistance

Cycle to work

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a skilled Head Chef to lead a workplace culinary team, delivering exceptional food and service within a dynamic business setting.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and drive commercial performance while upholding BaxterStorey’s standards and values. This role offers opportunities for development within our culinary program and a collaborative work environment.

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

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 KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Head Chef experience

Food obsession

Team management

Budgeting & financials

Coaching & delegation

Communication

Organisational skills

Strategic thinking

Adaptability

Job description

BaxterStorey is seeking a skilled Head Chef to lead a workplace culinary team, delivering exceptional food and service within a dynamic business setting.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and drive commercial performance while upholding BaxterStorey’s standards and values. This role offers opportunities for development within our culinary program and a collaborative work environment.