Night Chef

WSH Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 Days holiday including bank holiday

Birthday day off

Enhanced maternity leave (24 weeks)

Secondary career leave

Wedding/commitment day leave

Free meals on shift

Pension and life insurance

HAPI app discounts

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

BaxterStorey in the United Kingdom is seeking a Night Chef to support the Sous Chef in the night-to-night running of a busy food operation within a 24/7 setting. This role offers a path up the management ladder in a renowned food-focused company.

The ideal candidate brings proven Chef experience, a passion for food, and strong leadership to motivate a team, manage stock and standards, and deliver exceptional customer experiences in a demanding environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working as a Chef
• Have an obsession for food and creating experiences
• Managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date
• Financially astute, analytical, and able 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 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 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

Night Chef leadership

Team development

Budgeting & analytics

Coaching & delegation

Priority under pressure

Attention to detail

Communication (verbal/written)

Strategic thinking

Job description

We are expanding and are looking for an Night Chef to take their next step on the management ladder to work in a facility that is less than 2 years old feeding Amazon Associates.

This is a great opportunity to join a fantastic foodie company.

We’re looking for an experiencedNight Chefto support the Sous Chef in the night-to-night running of a busy food operation within a 24/7 operation. This is a great opportunity for a motivated and reliable chef ready to take the next step in their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the smooth running of daily foodoperations
• Maintain high standards of food preparation and hygiene
• Support with stock control, ordering, andorganisation
• Lead and inspire juniorstaff when required

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a CDP or Senior CDP in a high-volume environment
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• A team player with a positive attitude and passion for food
• Flexibility to work weekends as part of a 5 over 7 schedule

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus your birthday off
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
• Secondary career leave.
• Wedding/commitment day leave.
• Free meals on shift.
• Pension and life insurance.
• Discounts available from HAPI app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
• Access to employee assistance programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.

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 skilledChefto make a name for themselves within the food service 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 collaborativerelationships & communication methods with clientsand 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 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!

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.