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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.\nWe have an exciting opportunity for a collaborative, inclusive and passionate Head Chef to join our team ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************\nThis 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.\n Lead, Inspire, collaborate and support your direct reports to deliver consistently exceptional standards.\nBuild positive, credible and collaborative relationships & communication methods with clients and other key stakeholders in the business.\nContinually look to develop your team through mentoring, training, recognition, and empowerment.\nCreate a culture of excellence with your team, continually striving to push the boundaries of brilliance through natural caring service, obsessive food standards and innovation. \nAchieve business critical KPI's including Health and Safety, Sustainability, Financial and Governance.\n Proven experience working as a Head Chef or similar role\nHave an obsession for food and creating experiences\nYou can demonstrate that managing, training, and supporting a team has been an important part of your career to date\nFinancially astute, you are very analytical and know how to create and maintain budgets and drive commercial performance\nExcellent coaching, delegation and influencing skills\nAbility to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to thrive under pressure\nMeticulous organisational abilities and a high attention to detail\nEmpathetic, clear and highly effective verbal and written communication\nAbility to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective\nExcellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills\nWorks according to the BaxterStorey core values\n 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.\nWe 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.\nOur 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.\nJoin us, and be part of the food revolution!\nBaxterStorey Values:\nALWAYS VISIONARY\nWe strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.\nWHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE\nWe are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.\nCREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE\nWe embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.\nFOREVER CONSCIOUS\nWe work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.\nInterested? Even if you don’t meet all requirements, we’d like to hear from you. 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