Head Chef - Monday to Friday, Day Times Only

BaxterStorey; Stoke Gifford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No weekend shifts

28 days holiday incl. BH

Birthday off

3 volunteering days

Maternity leave 24 weeks enhanced

Wellbeing hub

Perkbox discounts

Pension & life insurance

Free meals on shift

Training & apprenticeships

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a Head Chef in Bristol to lead and inspire a dynamic kitchen team, delivering exceptional food and service from Monday to Friday. This role offers clear progression and a strong focus on quality, staff development and financial performance.

You will manage operations on site, maintain high standards, and drive innovation while working within BaxterStorey’s values. A supportive environment and comprehensive benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as Sous Chef, Head Chef or similar role.
• Demonstrated obsession for food and creating memorable dining experiences.
• Experience training and supporting a team with budget awareness and financial sensibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and key stakeholders in the business.
• Mentor and empower your team to develop skills and drive performance.
• Create a culture of excellence with emphasis on service, food standards and innovation.
• Achieve business KPIs including Health & Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Head Chef exp

Team leadership

Budget awareness

Coaching skills

Food quality

Strategic thinking

Communication

Creativity

Job description

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

Company Description

Calling all culinary connoisseurs that are OBSESSED about food, we need you! 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.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled Sous Chef looking to take on their first Head Chef role.

Head Chef

Up to £33'000

Monday to Friday

Bristol

Benefits

• Monday-Friday
• No split shifts or weekends.
• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your 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 opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

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 Sous Chef, 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

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.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

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’.

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 protecting local communities.