Head Chef (catering)

WSH Group; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

BaxterStorey is seeking a Head Chef to lead kitchen operations in Amsterdam, delivering exceptional food experiences while driving commercial performance. The role focuses on mentoring a team, maintaining high standards, and building strong client relationships within our hospitality services.

Monday–Friday office hours with some event responsibilities may apply. The successful candidate will uphold BaxterStorey values and contribute to a culture of excellence, consistency, and innovation across

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Head Chef or similar role.
• Passion for food and creating memorable experiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, train and support a team.
• Financially astute with budgeting and commercial performance.
• Excellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills.
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in fast-paced environment.
• Meticulous organisational abilities and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Adaptable with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Strategic thinking and critical reasoning.
• Align with BaxterStorey core values.
• Available Monday–Friday, office hours; events evenings/weekends.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire direct reports to deliver high standards.
• Build relationships with clients and key stakeholders.
• Develop your team through mentoring and training.
• Create a culture of excellence with service, food standards and innovation.
• Achieve KPI targets: Health & Safety, Sustainability, Financials, Governance.

Skills

Head Chef experience

Team management

Budgeting

Financial analytics

Coaching skills

Delegation

Prioritisation

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Core values

Event flexibility

Job description

Gross salary: 3800 - 4200 gross per month based on fulltime (38 hours)

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 Head Chef to 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 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
• Available from Monday to Friday (office hours) and flexible for events in evening/weekends

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.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

And to support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ED&I (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) ambition to ‘set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality’.