Head Chef
$35,000–$35,000 year
On-siteMethley, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Lead, inspire, and support direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards while building positive relationships with clients and stakeholders. Continually develop your team through mentoring, training, and empowerment to create a culture of excellence driven by obsessive food standards and innovation. Achieve business-critical KPIs covering Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial performance, and Governance. Manage budgets, drive commercial performance, and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted creative environment under pressure. This role is based at a busy site in Wakefield with a salary of £35,000 per annum. The position requires proven experience as a Head Chef, strong analytical skills, and excellent coaching abilities. Join BaxterStorey to work across diverse locations including offices, stadiums, cathedrals, and universities, where you will help set the new standard for workplace hospitality and create beautiful spaces for every customer.
Required 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
Desired Qualifications
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
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