Job Description
WHAT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY:
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
Qualifications
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
* 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!
We want to fuel your individuality, which is why we are deeply committed to creating an inclusive working culture at BaxterStorey.
Ready to be fuelled? Apply today.
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