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Company Description
Head Chef Opportunity – Contract Catering (B&I)
40 hours per week
Up to £34,000 per annum
Company Description
Head Chef Opportunity – Contract Catering (B&I)
Location: Near the Airport
40 hours per week
Up to £34,000 per annum
Mainly Monday to Friday (with occasional weekends and 1 night shift per month: 19:30–03:30 to support and coach the night team)
We’re excited to offer a rare and rewarding opportunity to join our team within a growing Business & Industry (B&I) contract just next to the airport.
We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Head Chef, ideally with a background in B&I catering, who can inspire their team, deliver outstanding food, and play a key role in shaping a positive kitchen culture.
Benefits
* Salary - £34000 per annum
* 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
* Plus your birthday off
* 3 volunteering days
* 3 days grandparent leave.
* 24 weeks' 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 from Perkbox app, from high street shops to holidays & cinema.
* Wellbeing hub.
* 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 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
This is a seven-day operation requiring a Head Chef with preferably multi-site experience to deliver a multi-million pound turnover operation. We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who can inspire and lead our great team and share their wealth of experience.
What Will Keep You Busy
* Ensure that the location achieves, as a minimum, the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget
* Monitor the work of all the staff and carry out appraisals, recognise training needs and potential as appropriate
* Hold team meetings on a regular basis to communicate targets, standards required and company and client information
* Work with your General Manager to prepare budgets; achieve and maintain the food cost in accordance with the budget
* Develop and evolve all client’s services at location, ensuring regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
Qualifications
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
* Thrive on getting the best out of people and maximising commercial opportunities
* Excellent kitchen management skills
* Fresh ideas menus
* Draw satisfaction from managing, training and supporting a team
* Provide a professional catering service, ensuring that company standards are maintained and that Client expectations are met
* Previous experience in an Exec Chef or Head Chef role ideally Contract Catering, Events or Hotel / Conferencing
* Strong understanding of report writing and financial management.
* Excellent supervisory and communication skills
* Good delegation and influencing skills
* Able to demonstrate your analytical approach to problem solving
* Ability to display a real passion for food and customer service
* Hands on approach
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.
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.
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 team member 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’.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Management and Manufacturing
* Industries
Food and Beverage Services
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