BaxterStorey
Chef - Must be flexible
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Company Description
đ± Flexible Hours Chef â Restaurant, Weddings & Events
Calling Chefs of All Experience Levels to Be Part of Something New
đ Location: Greenforge Way, Cwmbran, Torfaen, NP44 5AJ
đ· Rate: ÂŁ15 - ÂŁ18 depending on experience
đ Start Date: Immediate
Greenmeadow Community Farm has been open for just over six months and is already thriving. With a growing reputation, increasing visitor numbers, and a genuinely supportive team culture, weâre excited to be entering the next phase of our journey.
Weâre now looking for passionate, skilled chefs to join us on a flexible working pattern with banked hours, supporting our weddings, events, and hospitality offer. This is a fantastic opportunity for chefs seeking varied work with fair, transparent hours and consistent pay.
đ Flexible â How It Works
Hours are flexible and planned around the business needs.
đ What We Offer
- ÂŁ15 - ÂŁ18 per hour (DOE)
- Holiday pay included in hourly rate and paid monthly
- Bespoke training and development opportunities
- Pension scheme & life insurance
- Discounts via Perkbox (retail, cinema, travel & more)
- Wellbeing hub & employee assistance programme
- Free meals while on shift
- Career progression and apprenticeship opportunities at all levels
đœïž About the Role
Youâll be a key part of delivering a diverse, high-quality food operation across the site, including:
- A welcoming Farmshop showcasing local produce and artisan goods
- A busy Café Restaurant serving seasonal, farm-inspired dishes
- A stylish Barista Coffee Bar
- Family-friendly concessions across the farm
- A high-energy Playbarn Café
- Weddings, private events, school visits, and seasonal celebrations
No two days are the same, and creativity, teamwork, and adaptability are essential.
â What Weâre Looking For
- Proven experience as a Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie
- Background in high-volume, multi-outlet kitchens
- Strong experience in wedding and event catering
- Passion for fresh, seasonal, and sustainable food
- Confident supporting and developing junior team members
- Good financial awareness, including stock control and supplier liaison
- Highly organised, calm under pressure, and detail-focused
- Flexible availability, including evenings and weekends
đż Why Join Greenmeadow?
- Be part of an exciting project during an early growth phase
- Work in a beautiful, community-focused, nature-rich environment
- Enjoy a fair and flexible approach to working hours
- Help shape the food and hospitality offer at one of the regionâs most anticipated new attractions
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Job Description
Key Responsibilities â Chef
Responsibilities
As a Chef, youâll play a vital role in launching and supporting the leadership of a vibrant, multi-outlet kitchen operation at one of the regionâs most exciting new destinations. Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the Head Chef in delivering the culinary vision across the Farmshop, Café Restaurant, Barista Coffee Bar, Playbarn Café, Concessions, and Events & Hospitality spaces
- Supervising and mentoring kitchen staff, ensuring high standards of food quality, safety, and hygiene are maintained at all times
- Managing daily kitchen operations, including food prep, stock rotation, allergen control, and assisting with supplier coordination
- Working closely with front-of-house and events teams to ensure smooth service for school visits, weddings, seasonal events, and private functions
- Maintaining consistency and efficiency across a logistically varied site, ensuring timely and high-quality food delivery
- Upholding food safety and hygiene standards, including compliance with HACCP procedures
- Contributing to menu development, bringing creativity and seasonal inspiration to the table
- Driving continuous improvement, offering ideas and feedback to enhance the food offering and kitchen operations
Qualifications
â What Weâre Looking For:
- Proven experience as a Sous Chef or Senior Chef de Partie in a high-volume, quality-focused environment
- A strong background in wedding and event cateringâyou know how to deliver under pressure and support seamless execution
- A track record of supporting, training, and motivating kitchen teams to maintain consistently high standards
- Financial awareness, with experience in food cost control, GP targets, stock management, and supplier coordination
- Excellent coaching and delegation skillsâyou lead by example and support the Head Chef in developing the team
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and calm under pressure, especially during peak service
- An empathetic and effective communicator with a collaborative, solution-focused mindset
- Strong menu execution, planning, and problem-solving abilities
- Able to work weekends and evenings as required by the operation
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Additional Information
For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether thatâs 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 teamâs careers. âBetterâ 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 donât meet all requirements, weâd 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 âset the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitalityâ.
Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.
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