Company Description Head Of Culinary – Regional
Team Obsessed’ is BaxterStorey’ Food & Beverage squad, a team of ‘foodie mavericks’ who are overseeing one of the biggest transformations within foodservice across Ireland and the UK as “WE ARE GROUND BREAKERS, TASTE MAKERS & INDUSTRY SHAKERS”.
Through our ‘Obsessed’ foundations of Craft, Creativity, Community and of course Cheer (food is fun, right?) we are creating a culture for all craft & creative professionals to flourish.
‘Obsessed’ positively disrupts through our non-negotiables, no boundaries and most definitely ‘NO BEIGE’ approach within our ‘rules of engagement’- our taste revolution brief… which gives creative freedom to every ‘Chef & Bevista’ within our business to shake things up with a Morning, Noon & Night mindset!
We are now looking for a food captain for Ireland who will be responsible for building their very own elite food squad to deliver our ‘Food Manifesto’ under our ‘Obsessed’ culture and values.
Job Description WHAT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY:
- Ambassador for college connections, to help the industry develop future chefs and adopt a school programmes.
- Chef Academy collaboration/connection – managing and delivery of training and development of our chefs
- Food heroes advocate
- Financial responsibility for performance within Ireland – influence, improve and understand the P&L account.
- Weekly food communication update with Operations Director’s and MD.
- Bring food manifesto to life
- Rollout & uphold the ‘Rules of Engagement’ into the business.
- Responsible for sales activity within Ireland.
- Setting up and maintaining of obsessed hubs
- Induction and ‘in person welcome to the business’
- ED&I pathway
- Own and deliver Obsessed Live events.
- Due diligence responsibility – Health & Food Safety
- Establish and manage brigades that are SME’s within your business
- Incorporating Nourish to flourish as a main strategy within Ireland.
- Manage and influence into the business your chef partners.
Qualifications WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
- Proven experience of successfully overseeing the delivery of multi-site/outlets, a flagship location, operational volume of 1000+ and responsibility for achieving turnover.
- Experience in hosting training sessions & proven experience developing careers of future culinary talent.
- Presentation experience is essential to support taking our ‘Obsessed’ Culture & ‘Food Manifesto’ to new audiences.
- Proven culinary experience in leading successful kitchen operations within the Retail, Hospitality and Events sector.
- Project Management’ experience in overseeing new openings or restaurant refurbishments within a budget & timeline deadline.
- Overseen and created a food concept/innovation/campaign from design to implementation.
- Must be ‘Obsessed’ About Food & People!
Additional Information THE GARNISH:
- Competitive benefits: 27 days holiday, additional birthday day, pension, private medical insurance and life insurance
- Company car or car allowance
- Fantastic learning and growth opportunities
- Access to our wellbeing platform (REACH) and HAPI, our discounts and benefits platform which offers fabulous savings for you and your family to enjoy from high street shops to holidays and cinemas.
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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