Caterlink - Chef Manager

Caterlink; Cold Ash; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Blended learning program

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing services (EAP & Virtual GP)

Pension scheme

Job summary

Caterlink is hiring a Chef Manager in West Berkshire for a term-time only role with no weekends, offering flexibility. The position focuses on preparing nutritionally balanced meals, leading site operations, and maintaining high standards for clients and pupils.

The role includes managing health and safety, budgets, client liaison, and training staff to excel in their roles, while delivering Caterlink’s commitment to quality and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Must have catering experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present food to Caterlink and client standards.
• Ensure location meets Health & Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislation.
• Maintain Caterlink's reputation for excellent food and service with client and customers.
• Oversee day-to-day site operations, supervise teams, manage inventories, monitor budgets, and implement action plans.
• Be main client contact in school, regularly propose and implement improvements.
• Communicate with line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets.
• Train and support teams, lead from the front to ensure training completion and performance management.

Skills

Catering experience

Team supervision

Job description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are hiring for a Chef Manager in West Berkshire who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.

The role:

• £16per hour
• 22-25hours per week working Monday – Friday
• Term-time only

Your key responsibilities will include:

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures
• To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded
• To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Qualifications

Must have catering experience

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• You have the opportunity of a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme