Chef Manager

TN United Kingdom; Biggleswade; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic catering team dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious food for students. As a Chef Manager, you will lead a passionate team, ensuring operational excellence while fostering a supportive environment. Enjoy flexible working patterns, career progression opportunities, and generous benefits, including complimentary lunches and mental health support. This role offers you the chance to make a real difference in the lives of young people while enjoying a rewarding career in a supportive and inclusive culture.

Benefits

FREE On-Site Lunches

Flexible Working

Term Time Holidays

Paid Charity Leave

Mental Health Support

Life Assurance

Pension Schemes

Discounts and Cashback

Qualifications

• Proven team leader experience in a Chef/Cook Manager role.
• Genuine interest in customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Motivating and managing a team to deliver high-quality service.
• Controlling and managing a budget effectively.

Skills

Team Leadership

Customer Service Excellence

Budget Management

Catering Experience

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

Job description

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General information

Chef Manager Ref: 2024-66541

Job Information

• Division: Edwards & Blake
• Advert Closing Date: 22/09/2024
• Contractual Hours: Full-time
• Salary: £13.50
• Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 2:00pm, term time only

Location: Biggleswade, SG18 0LY

Join our team!

Are you a passionate Chef/Cook Manager or someone looking to make a difference and take on a new challenge? If so, we’d love you to join our fantastic catering team at St Andrew's Lower School West!

This role is within our Education division, catering for students. We are dedicated to providing high-quality, nutritious, fresh, and sustainable food for our younger generation, supporting a healthy diet. At Taylor Shaw & Edwards & Blake, we believe young people deserve and need the best food for their wellbeing; we do food with a difference.

What you'll be doing...

As a Chef/Cook Manager, you will proactively manage on-site teams, recruit, induct, train, and support colleagues to deliver efficient, high-quality service to Elior UK, our customers, and clients.

Responsibilities:

• Motivating and managing a team
• Controlling and managing a budget
• Ensuring ongoing team communication, building relationships, management reporting, and client liaison to enable operational excellence

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 2:00pm, term time only

What can you bring?

In this role:

• Genuine interest in customer service excellence
• Focus on the front line
• Proven team leader experience
• Self-motivated and able to work well unsupervised
• Previous experience within a Chef/Chef Manager role
• Previous experience within catering desirable

Our way of saying thank you...

At Elior, we strive to ensure our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, offering generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your efforts.

FREE On-Site Lunches:

Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving time & money while staying nourished & energized.

Support Your Way of Life:

• Flexible Working: full-time & part-time roles, varying shift patterns
• Term Time Holidays
• Family Leave with flexible options
• Paid Charity Leave: two additional paid days for charity work

Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:

• Opportunities for career progression within a close-knit community

Supporting You Through Life’s Ups & Downs:

• Mental health support & wellbeing benefits

Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:

• Life assurance, pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & cycle-to-work scheme

Why it’s great to work for us...

Elior is a multi-award-winning UK contract caterer with over 10,000 colleagues across sectors like workplaces, sporting venues, heritage sites, public sector, health, and education.

We are committed to an inclusive culture where colleagues feel supported, appreciated, and fulfilled. 85% of colleagues are proud to work for us!

Elior Celebrates Equality

We aim to foster a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, attracting and developing talent from diverse backgrounds to help everyone reach their potential.

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