Head Chef - Monday - Friday

BaxterStorey; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension and life insurance

Discounts via Perkbox

Wellbeing hub

Cycle to work scheme

Birthday/volunteering leave

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a highly skilled Head Chef for a premier contract catering site in The City of London. You will lead a team to deliver outstanding food experiences across retail and fine dining whilst upholding luxurious standards.

We expect extensive Head Chef experience, a passion for gastronomy, and strong leadership. You will drive excellence, mentor staff, manage budgets, and partner with clients to shape unforgettable hospitality experiences.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head/Executive Chef or similar role.
• Obsessive passion for food and creating experiences.
• Experience in managing, training, and supporting a team.
• Financially astute with budget management and commercial performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, creative environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and high attention to detail.
• Empathetic, clear and effective verbal and written communication.
• Adaptability with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong strategic thinking and critical reasoning.
• Alignment with BaxterStorey core values.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and support direct reports to maintain exceptional standards.
• Build strong relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.
• Create a culture of excellence with food standards, service, and innovation.
• Achieve KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Head/Executive Chef experience

Food obsession

Team training

Budgeting

Coaching

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Company values

Job description

Benefits

• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available from Perkbox app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

Company Description

Head Chef - Top Law Firm

Hospitality / Fine Dining & Retail

Monday - Friday

Up to £55,000

Benefits

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave.
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary career 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 from Perkbox app, from high street shops to 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! Amazing opportunity within this premium contract catering site for a highly skilled and driven Head Chef. In the heart of The City of London, working for one of the UK's leading contract caterers

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative, inclusive, experienced and passionate Head Chef to join our team.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

You will be a proactive and empowered Chef with a creative approach to food and a passion for delivering exceptional experiences in both our retail restaurant and fine dining hospitality. You should have extensive knowledge of the premium restaurant sector and be experienced in delivering exceptional food offerings. Strong leadership skills are essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled and experienced Head Chef to make a name for themselves within the food service B&I industry and be a part of setting the new standard for workplace hospitality.

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.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Head/Executive 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.

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.

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 aim 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’.