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Head Chef

Baxterstorey

Head Chef

£37000

Baxterstorey, Regent's Park, City of Southampton

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 11 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: de82daf5c0c14570a43e8c6177944c8f

Full Job Description

  • Plan, prepare, cook and present food to the standards required

  • Manage a team to include all sections of retail, deli, main kitchen and pastry section.

  • Create and develop the menu offer with exciting innovation

  • Ensure that the company's reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers.

  • Control portion size and monitor waste

  • Ensure supplies are correctly issued, used and accounted for to carry out stock takes and food rotation procedures

  • Maintain records relating to food production activities and supplier information

  • Ensure Health and Safety and Food Safety Standards are maintained in line with company policy

  • Set objectives and be responsible for the day to day running of the kitchen

  • Assess employee performance and recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.

  • Hold team meetings on a regular basis to communicate targets, standards required and company and client information

  • Hands on role managing a section and overseeing team operations

  • be able to deal with demands in a calm and professional way

    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

  • 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 and guest can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

    We can't do this alone; we need the brightest and the best to join us in our mission to revolutionise the hospitality industry. No bland, boring experiences here, just tastemakers and gamechangers creating legacies and having fun.

    Our drive and belief in 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. Come join the revolution!, Disability Confident
    About Disability Confident
    A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

    Monday to Friday
  • 28 Days holiday including bank holidays

  • Plus your birthday off

  • 3 volunteering days

  • 3 days grandparent leave.

  • 24 week's enhanced maternity leave.

  • Secondary career 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 HAPI 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.