Head Chef: Lead Creative Kitchens & Elevate Your Team

BaxterStorey; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Birthday off

24 weeks maternity leave

Pension and life insurance

Free meals on shift

Cycle to work scheme

Perkbox discounts

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a talented Head Chef to lead and inspire kitchen teams, delivering exceptional culinary experiences within a workplace hospitality setting in the UK. You will drive high standards, mentor staff, and collaborate with clients to ensure outstanding service and food quality.

We welcome applications from skilled professionals who thrive under pressure, manage budgets effectively, and align with BaxterStorey core values of vision, positivity, collaboration, and responsibility.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role.
• Obsession for food and creating experiences.
• Experience managing, training, and supporting a team.
• Financially astute; able to create budgets and drive performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and attention to detail.
• Empathetic and clear verbal and written communication.
• Adaptable with solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning.
• 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 service, food standards and innovation.
• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Head Chef experience

Passion for food

Team training

Budgeting

Coaching

Communication

Strategic thinking

Job description

BaxterStorey is seeking a talented Head Chef to lead and inspire kitchen teams, delivering exceptional culinary experiences within a workplace hospitality setting in the UK. You will drive high standards, mentor staff, and collaborate with clients to ensure outstanding service and food quality.

We welcome applications from skilled professionals who thrive under pressure, manage budgets effectively, and align with BaxterStorey core values of vision, positivity, collaboration, and responsibility.