Night Chef

Baxterstorey Uk; Ledston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

BaxterStorey UK is seeking an experienced Chef to lead and develop a team in Ledston. You will drive exceptional food standards, mentor staff, and build strong client relationships while delivering on health, sustainability, and governance KPIs.

Join a culture that values culinary excellence, innovation, and collaborative leadership, with daily opportunities to impact guest experiences across locations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Chef.
• Obsession for food and creating experiences.
• Experience in mentoring, training and supporting a team.
• Financially astute with budgeting and commercial skills.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and attention to detail.
• Clear, empathetic verbal and written communication.
• Strategic thinking and problem solving.
• Compliance with BaxterStorey core values.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver exceptional standards.
• Build positive relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Mentor, train, recognise and empower your team.
• Create a culture of excellence with obsessive food standards and innovation.
• Achieve key KPI areas including Health & Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Budgeting

Communication

Quality standards

Prioritisation

Organisation

Problem solving

Job description

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 Chef
• 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 perspectiveExcellent 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 is 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!

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.

Interested? Even if you don't meet all requirements, we like to hear from you. If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.