Caterlink - Relief Chef Manager

BaxterStorey; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering service provider is looking for a Relief Chef Manager to support food service in schools across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. This role requires a passion for food, great communication skills, and experience working with fresh food. Join a team that values work-life balance with term-time only hours and no weekends. Enjoy benefits including employee discounts, development opportunities, and a positive work environment.

Benefits

Blended learning programme

Great work/life balance

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience working with fresh food is essential.
• Must have sound health and safety and food safety knowledge.
• Ability to cook and cover various sites.

Responsibilities

• Support site-based teams in food service.
• Cover absences and holidays for cooking staff.
• Ensure service delivery remains exceptional.

Skills

Communication skills

Passion for food and service

Health and safety knowledge

Food safety knowledge

IT literacy

Job description

Company 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

Caterlink are looking for a Relief Chef Manager to support our existing site‑based teams in ensuring 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.

Travel mileage expenses are covered. The role will cover sites around the Stoke‑on‑Trent and Staffordshire areas so you will need to have your own transport.

We want you to be well presented, organised and possess great communication skills and have a genuine passion for what you do. We really want you to demonstrate a real passion for food and service, having worked in a similar environment at a similar level. The role will be hands on, covering sites through absences or holidays or where there is an additional requirement for support. You must have 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.

Qualifications

Experience working with fresh food is essential.

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 ensure you are able to 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