Chef Manager

Compass Group; Dounreay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food service management is seeking a Chef Manager in Dounreay. The role involves overseeing unit operations, ensuring high food quality and safety standards while developing client relationships. Successful candidates will demonstrate culinary expertise, management skills, and financial awareness.

Benefits

Exclusive offers on PerksAtWork

Access to training and development programs

Qualifications

• Proven track record working as a Chef Manager.
• Real passion for food.
• Highly motivated with superb culinary skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the unit ensuring quality food service and safety standards.
• Develop customer relationships and manage a team.
• Ensure efficient use of resources and handle P&L responsibilities.

Skills

Client relationship management

People management

Communication

Culinary skills

Financial awareness

Job description

Chef Manager

What you'll be doing:

As part of your role as the chef manager, you will organise and supervise the unit as well as being responsible for the overall efficient and effective management of the unit under your control whilst providing a quality service.

Successful candidates will have responsibility for the preparation, cooking and service of food to the agreed standards and specifications and to ensure the efficient and economic use is made of all resources, including stock, labour and company assets.

More about the role:

• Promote a safety culture across the unit ensuring all Health & Safety policies and procedures are adhered to at all times e.g. Food Handling, Manual handling, COSHH
• Adopt a hands on approach, taking responsibility for the food production covering all service areas.
• Ensure all equipment and machinery is in safe working order; all faults/repairs are reported using the appropriate reporting procedures at the earliest opportunity
• Manage the delivery of the food service provision across unit utilising all available resources effectively and efficiently ensuring that all meals are provided to the required quality standards at the specified times to create a consistent customer experience and avoid any service failures or penalties
• Proactively develop and continually improve all client and customer relationships

Who you are:

• Proven track record working as a Chef Manager
• Real passion for food
• Excellent client relationship, people management and communication skills
• Highly motivated
• Financial awareness to complete weekly business returns and full accountability for P&L
• Motivated to deliver consistently high standards of food and service quality
• Friendly and approachable, with the management skills to develop and manage a team
• Superb culinary skills

In return you will receive:

• Compass exclusive offers on PerksAtWork
• Access to a wide range of programs to train and develop you