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Full-time
professional certificate
28 Days holiday including bank holidays, Birthday off, 3 volunteering days, 3 days grandparent leave, 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave, Secondary carer leave
Posted 3h ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Head Chef will lead the kitchen operations for hospitality and events, including menu planning, food preparation, and team management. They are responsible for maintaining high culinary standards, ensuring health and safety compliance, and driving food innovation across the site.
Requirements
Candidates must have previous experience as a Head Chef in events, hotels, or high-end restaurants, along with strong leadership and organizational skills. A professional qualification such as an NVQ and certification in Food Safety and Hygiene are required.
Full job description
Company Description
Head Chef (Hospitality & Events)
London
up to £55,000 per annum
Monday to Friday
We are looking for Head Chef to lead our amazing Hospitality & Events Culinary team, at a leading global investment bank in Central London. We are looking for an individual who has a real passion for the Hospitality and Food industry, is keen to be collaborative and takes pride in their work every day. Every interaction is an opportunity to create a lasting impression, and we’re looking for a talented individualwho strives to exceed expectations at every turn.
Our Head Chef is at the core of everything we do in our Hospitality & Events kitchens, from writing and planning your own menus, to mentoring and supporting the team through service. We thoroughly encourage innovation through our menus, tapping into seasonality and different cuisines and flavours.
Our Hospitality & Event Kitchens look after our fine dining offering at a busy and fast-paced investment bank. We oversee fine dining in 29 private dining rooms, and an events space that caters up to 1700 pax. We have full autonomy across our seasonal brochures from breakfast to a la carte lunch to canapes, so this a real opportunity to bring your own flare and touch to our dishes and make the offering your own.
We are a leading business in the catering industry, known for our innovative and obsessed approach, exceptional service, and authentic and delicious culinary offerings. We pride ourselves on delivering memorable workplace dining experience, catering to a diverse clientele. Our team is passionate about food and dedicated to providing top-notch service.
Job Description
In this role, you'll be responsible for the overall kitchen operation—delivering fresh, seasonal, and on-trend menus for our Hospitality & Events offering. You’ll lead a dedicated brigade, ensuring exceptional food quality, compliance with health and safety standards, and efficient kitchen practices that reflect our brand and values.
Take full responsibility and ownership for the smooth and efficient running of our Hospitality & Events Kitchens, overseeing our full offering from breakfast to a la carte lunch to canapes.
To have full autonomy with the planning, preparation, cooking and presentation of seasonally changing menus to the standards required by the company and our client.
To manage, mentor and motivate a brigade of around 13 chefs, from Senior Sous Chef to Kitchen Porter.
To lead the with the safe supervision of all food production preparation cooking and presentation, ensuring the reputation of food quality is always maintained.
To work collaboratively with our Group Culinary Lead, to drive food innovation and concept development, marketing and implementation, across our Hospitality & Events food offering, but alongside our Retail kitchen too.
To ensure food production, standards, costs and menu planning are carried out proactively, so we can be efficient and economical with our food, without it having an impact on our quality and taste.
To ensure that clients are given a prompt and efficient service, and expectations are consistently exceeded, oversee all food tastings, presentations and food samplings, guiding the kitchen team in all new menu implementations.
Ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers.
Hold regular 1-1s and appraisals, providing constructive feedback. Monitor development and make recommendations for succession planning.
Taking responsibility for all Health and Safety within the Kitchen, ensure all H&S bases audits are passed in accordance with our internal policies and act on any shortfalls.
Ensure due diligence records are completed accurately and on time and filed for future reference and that we location meet statutory and company requirements in Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislation and procedures by completing
Qualifications
Previous experience as a Head Chef in Events, Hotels or high-end restaurants.
Proficient in Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
NVQ qualification or equivalent
Strong knowledge of allergy management
Food Safety and Hygiene certification
Be driven and delivering the highest quality of food
Our non-negotiables:
Exemplary kitchen management practices and being an ambassador for WSH
Maximising commercial opportunities and being innovative and inspiring culinary ideas for menus whilst being creative and profitable
Create a professional working environment for the team ensuring that company standards are maintained and that Client expectations are met
Excellent mentoring, organisation and communication skills
Additional Information
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 carer 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 on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
Wellbeing hub
Access to employee assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme
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!
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.
Employment Type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 40
Salary: Up to £55,000
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Revolutionising business catering since 2004. We are here to show your taste buds a good time!
Industry
Food and Beverage Services
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Founded
2004
Headquarters
Reading, England
LinkedIn followers
49,927
Revolutionising workspace hospitality since 2004. We fuel our team, so that they can fuel yours, to feel their best, inside and out.
We are ground breakers, taste makers and industry shakers. We fight for creativity, individuality, and flavour. And we are here to show your taste buds a good time!
Each of our teams is as unique as our clients – made of authentic individuals who are fiercely passionate and empowered to express and create, united in their pursuit of serving you the best possible hospitality experience.
#FuelYourIndividuality
Offices: Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, England RG6 1, GB · The London Hub, 210 High Holborn, London, England WC1V 7HD, GB
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