Head Chef - Stoke Gifford

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. This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled *Head Chef* to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for workplace hospitality. *Job Description* * Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards. * Build positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business. * Continually look to develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment. * Create a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation.

• Achieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance. *Qualifications* * 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 *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 can have the hospitality experience they deserve. We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible.

We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of. Our drive and belief in our 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. Join us, and be part of the food revolution! *BaxterStorey Values : * ALWAYS VISIONARY We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow.

We lead the way, blazing our own trail. WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring.

Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people. CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better. FOREVER CONSCIOUS We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities. *Interested? Even if you don't meet all requirements, we'd like to hear from you.

If you are motivated and hungry to learn, we can work together to develop your potential.* *We are 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.*