Location
London, City of London

Hours
Bank, Monday - Friday

Salary
Up to £50,000 per annum

About the Role
Calling all culinary connoisseurs obsessed with food – we need you! This is an amazing opportunity within a premium contract catering site for a highly skilled and driven Head Chef. Based in the heart of the City of London and working for one of the UK's leading contract caterers, BaxterStorey offers an exceptional culinary playground where your creativity can flourish and your talents can shine. We believe in nourishing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft, and create a development partnership to ensure professional growth opportunities.

As Head Chef, you will lead, inspire, collaborate with, and support your team to deliver consistently exceptional standards. You will build positive, credible, and collaborative relationships with clients and key stakeholders, continually develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment, and create a culture of excellence focused on natural caring service, obsessive food standards, and innovation. You will also be responsible for achieving critical business KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial, and Governance targets.

This role offers a fantastic chance to make a name for yourself within the food service business and industry sector and be part of setting new standards for workplace hospitality.

Benefits
28 days holiday including bank holidays
Birthday off
3 volunteering days
3 days grandparent leave
24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
Secondary career leave
Wedding/commitment day leave
Free meals on shift
Bespoke training and development opportunities
Apprenticeship opportunities for all experience levels
Pension and life insurance
Discounts via Perkbox app including high street shops, holidays, and cinema
Wellbeing hub
Access to employee assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme

Experience
Proven experience working as a Head Chef, Executive Chef, or in a similar senior culinary role.
Extensive knowledge of the premium restaurant sector and delivering exceptional food offerings.
Demonstrated experience managing, training, and supporting a team.

About you
A proactive and empowered chef with a creative approach to food and a passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences in both retail restaurant and fine dining hospitality.
Strong leadership skills with excellent coaching, delegation, and influencing abilities.
Financially astute with the ability to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and thrive under pressure.
Meticulous organisational skills and high attention to detail.
Empathetic, clear, and highly effective verbal and written communication.
Adaptable with a solution-oriented perspective.
Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills.
Committed to working according to BaxterStorey’s core values.

Qualifications
Passion and obsession for food and creating memorable culinary experiences.
Strong leadership and team development skills.
Ability to meet business critical KPIs including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial, and Governance standards.