Chef Manager

The Methodist Church in Britain; City of Westminster; Sur place; GBP 32 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ark Atwood Primary Academy is seeking a Chef Manager to lead the catering team, deliver school lunches and afterschool refreshments for around 450 people daily, and manage menus, costs and nutrition across term-time operations.

You will drive food education, oversee staff welfare and recruitment, and ensure food safety compliance, while delivering high-quality customer service in a busy school setting.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of healthy eating and nutrition.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with children and adults.
• Working knowledge of booking, stock management or financial IT packages.
• Good people management, with the ability to delegate and motivate.

Responsabilités

• Lead the catering team to deliver lunches and afterschool refreshments for around 450 pupils, staff and visitors daily, within budget.
• Develop the catering service and menus through innovation that supports pupil health and nutrition.
• Draw up three-weekly menu cycles each term for 4 to 11 year olds and create individual menus for hospitality events.
• Act as lead chef for meals, special events and functions.
• Manage catering costs, stock, food costing and wastage against a 5% target.
• Prepare the draft catering budget with the Headteacher, monitor spending monthly and produce action plans for overspends.
• Lead food education across the school, including assemblies, cooking classes and displays.
• Act as primary contact for catering staff, covering welfare, appraisals, training plans and recruitment.
• Arrange rota cover so all areas are staffed efficiently.
• Ensure food safety and health, safety, fire and hygiene legislation are met, with records kept and cleaning schedules in place.
• Promote high customer service standards, gathering and responding to feedback.
• Introduce service innovations such as special days and school-themed events.

Connaissances

Healthy eating knowledge

Communication skills

Stock management IT

People management

Formation

GCSE English & Maths

Catering qualification

Outils

Booking systems

Description du poste

This Chef Manager post leads the catering team at Ark Atwood Primary Academy, a primary school run by the Ark multi-academy trust. The postholder runs lunches and afterschool refreshments for around 450 people a day, sets menus and budgets, and leads food education for pupils. It is a term-time post of 36 hours a week, Monday to Friday, in a school rated outstanding by Ofsted. An enhanced DBS check is required and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Lead the catering team to deliver lunches and afterschool refreshments for around 450 pupils, staff and visitors daily, within budget
• Develop the catering service and menus through innovation that supports pupil health and nutrition
• Draw up three-weekly menu cycles each term for 4 to 11 year olds and create individual menus for hospitality events
• Act as lead chef for meals, special events and functions
• Manage catering costs, stock, food costing and wastage against a 5% target
• Prepare the draft catering budget with the Headteacher, monitor spending monthly and produce action plans for overspends
• Lead food education across the school, including assemblies, cooking classes and displays
• Act as primary contact for catering staff, covering welfare, appraisals, training plans and recruitment
• Arrange rota cover so all areas are staffed efficiently
• Ensure food safety and health, safety, fire and hygiene legislation are met, with records kept and cleaning schedules in place
• Promote high customer service standards, gathering and responding to feedback
• Introduce service innovations such as special days and school-themed events

Qualifications

• GCSE or equivalent passes in English and Maths, with high literacy and numeracy
• Relevant catering qualification

Experience

• Experience of cooking in large quantities
• Strong, demonstrable experience of first-class customer care

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of healthy eating and nutrition, and of creating related menus
• Excellent verbal and written communication with children and adults
• Working knowledge of booking, stock management or financial IT packages
• Good people management, with the ability to delegate and motivate

Checks & eligibility

• Right to work in the UK
• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Innovative, with creative flair and up to date with food trends
• Conscientious, detail-oriented and highly organised
• Calm and approachable under pressure
• Hard-working, flexible and able to work with minimal supervision
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and to pupil safeguarding and welfare
• Willingness to undertake training

Nice to have

• Health & Safety and Food Hygiene Level 2
• First Aid qualification
• Experience managing kitchen staff
• Experience working with children
• Experience of cultural diversity in food preparation and dietary preferences
• Diverse career portfolio including culinary, front of house and catering management experience