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Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 2026. WSH scores B on the Alion truth index.

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WSH

WSH is a British hospitality group that provides contract catering, restaurants, events and front-of-house services to workplaces, schools, colleges and cultural venues across the UK and Ireland, headquartered in Reading, England. It operates through a family of separately branded businesses, including BaxterStorey for corporate catering, Caterlink and Holroyd Howe for schools, Searcys and Benugo for venues and cafes, Portico for reception services and Genuine Dining. Its openings are mostly site roles such as chefs, kitchen porters, cafe, catering and events supervisors, front-of-house and reception hosts, and area operations managers for school catering contracts.

Group Culinary Lead

London based and some Travel

Up to £80,000

Monday to Friday

Calling all culinary connoisseurs and gastronomic geniuses! If you have an insatiable passion for the culinary arts and a burning desire to create masterful dishes that delight the senses, 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 nurturing talent and empowering our chefs to continuously evolve, refine their craft and create a development partnership together to ensure professional growth opportunities.

We are looking for a Group Culinary lead to innovate and drive the food culture and experience within a multinational investment and financial services company.

As the Group Culinary Lead , you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the culinary operations. You will play a crucial role in menu development, food preparation, kitchen management, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality culinary experiences. The ideal candidate will have a passion for culinary arts, strong leadership skills, and a creative approach to food.

  • 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.
  • Previous experience commensurate with role
  • Have a contagious passion for food and customer service.
  • You draw satisfaction from managing, training, and supporting a team.
  • Financially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance.
  • Excellent delegation and influencing skills.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to work well under pressure.
  • Meticulous organisational abilities; high attention to detail
  • Concise 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

There are many advantages to working for us and we provide our employees with bespoke benefits which include:

  • 28 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays.
  • Birthday additional holiday.
  • 3 days volunteering days.
  • 3 days grandparent leave.
  • 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave.
  • Secondary career leave.
  • Wedding/commitment day leave.
  • Free meals on shift.
  • Bespoke development training.
  • 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 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.

Find out more about us at www.baxterstorey.com

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