Caterlink - Chef Manager

Caterlink LTD; Havant; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player in education catering is seeking a passionate Chef Manager to lead the culinary team at a local academy. This role emphasizes the importance of providing nutritionally balanced meals while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. You'll be responsible for overseeing food preparation, managing budgets, and enhancing client relationships. With a focus on training and supporting your team, this position offers a unique opportunity to shape the dining experience for students. Enjoy a flexible term-time schedule without weekend work, making it ideal for those seeking work-life balance in a rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation and cooking to high standards.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in the catering industry.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food to required standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage day-to-day operations and supervise teams.

Skills

Food Preparation

Health and Safety Compliance

Team Leadership

Budget Management

Client Communication

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

Health and Safety Training

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 at Front Lawn Academy in Havant 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:

• £13.15 per hour
• 30 hours per week working Monday – Friday
• Term-time only – working 38 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.