Location
London

Hours
Monday - Friday

Salary
Up to £47,500

About the Role
Calling all culinary connoisseurs that are OBSESSED about food, we need you! Amazing opportunity within this premium contract catering site for a highly skilled and driven Head Chef. In the heart of The City of London, working for one of the UK's leading contract caterers. 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a creative, inclusive, experienced, and passionate Head Chef to join our team. You will be a proactive and empowered Chef with a creative approach to food and a passion for delivering exceptional experiences in both our retail restaurant and fine dining hospitality. Strong leadership skills are essential.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled and experienced Head Chef to make a name for themselves within the food service B&I industry and be a part of setting the new standard for workplace hospitality.

Experience
Proven experience working as a Head/Executive Chef or similar role. You can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date.

About you
You have an obsession for food and creating experiences. 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.

Qualifications
Strong leadership skills are essential. Extensive knowledge of the premium restaurant sector and experience in delivering exceptional food offerings.