Company Description
Experienced Head Chef required for a dynamic role
Liverpool
Up to £38k
Monday to Friday
Hospitality & Retail
25% Discount on Clothes & Retail
Onsite Gym
Benefits:
* 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.
We're looking for a culinary connoisseur who's passionate about food and creating exceptional dining experiences. As a Head Chef, you'll be responsible for leading a team of skilled chefs to deliver high-quality food to our clients.
Key responsibilities include planning, preparing, and presenting food to the highest standards, controlling portion sizes, and monitoring waste, as well as maintaining records and ensuring Health and Safety and Food Safety Standards are met.
We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for development and growth. If you're a motivated and talented individual who's passionate about food and hospitality, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
* Plan, prepare, cook and present food to the standards required
* 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
Qualifications
Requirements:
* Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role
* Background in hospitality is key
* 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
Additional Information
We're proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.
BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality'.
Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.