Caterlink - Chef Manager

Caterlink; Epping Forest; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food service provider is seeking a Chef Manager for a term-time role at King Harold School in Waltham Abbey. This position entails overseeing food preparation while ensuring compliance with health regulations and managing the kitchen team. The ideal candidate should have strong culinary skills, team leadership experience, and a commitment to high-quality food service. This role offers flexibility, working weekdays only, along with various employee benefits.

Benefits

Access to Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services including Employee Assistance Program

Potential to join Pension scheme

Blended learning programmes with formal qualifications

Qualifications

• Proven experience in food preparation and cooking to high standards.
• Ability to manage a team effectively and ensure performance.
• Strong communication skills for client interaction and team support.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food to Caterlink's standards.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and supervise staff.
• Communicate regularly with the line manager about KPIs.

Skills

Culinary skills

Health and safety compliance

Team leadership

Budget management

Job description

Job Description

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at King Harold School, Waltham Abby 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 :

• £18 per hour
• 37.5 hours per week working Monday – Friday
• Term‑time only – working 39 weeks per year

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.

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 Program and 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 Pension scheme