Caterlink - Relief Chef Manager

BaxterStorey; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering services company is seeking a Relief Chef Manager to support site teams in providing freshly prepared meals across schools in the UK. This hands-on role requires excellent communication skills, a passion for food, and strong knowledge of health and safety regulations. The position involves ensuring exceptional service during team absences, with a commitment to safeguarding and promoting children’s welfare. Candidates must possess their own transport and be well organized.

Benefits

Blended learning programme

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Virtual GP benefits

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar environment at a similar level.
• Ability to cook and manage a kitchen setting.
• Understanding of GP calculations.

Responsibilities

• Support site-based teams in delivering meals.
• Ensure food safety and health standards.
• Cover absences or additional support needs.

Skills

Great 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 teamsin 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.

This role will be a mobile based role 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 in 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.

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 your best have . 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 .??
• 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 , many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may identify join our Pensionscheme