Caterlink - Chef Manager

Cater Link Limited; Derby; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the education sector is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to provide nutritious and enjoyable meals to students across the UK. This hands-on role requires a passion for food and service, along with strong organizational and communication skills. The successful candidate will work closely with their team to maintain high standards of food safety and health regulations, ensuring that every meal served meets the company's commitment to quality. Join a supportive environment that values development opportunities and work-life balance, making a positive impact on future generations through your culinary expertise.

Benefits

Blended Learning Programme

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Virtual GP Benefits

Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with a passion for food and service.
• Strong health and safety and food safety knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the provision of nutritionally balanced and tasty food.
• Work hands-on with the team to deliver exceptional service.

Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Cooking Skills

Health and Safety Knowledge

Food Safety Knowledge

IT Literacy

Education

Formal Qualifications in Culinary Arts

Apprenticeships

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 looking for an experienced Chef Manager who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We serve thousands of meals every day across the UK and want this exceptional service to our schools and colleges to continue.

You need to be well presented, organised, and possess great communication skills, along with a genuine passion for food and service. Demonstrating real passion for food and service is essential, having worked in a similar environment at a similar level. The role will be hands-on, working with your team, and having sound health and safety and food safety knowledge as well as a good understanding of GP calculations and IT literacy skills will massively help you be successful in the role. You must also be able to cook.

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.

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.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including:

• With Caterlink, you have the opportunity to 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. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train, and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensures you can enjoy a great work/life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• 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!
• Our Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time.
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme.