Chef Manager

Mise en Place; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering company in the UK is seeking a chef passionate about healthy and sustainable food. The role requires cooking from scratch, leading a team, and strong customer-facing skills. A professional chef training, excellent communication abilities, and a genuine interest in sustainability are essential. Competitive salary of £42k+, with additional wellness perks and a focus on work-life balance. If you are creative and dedicated to health in culinary practices, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Competitive salary

Healthy meals provided

Wellness training

Leadership meetings

Qualifications

• Must be customer-facing and comfortable working behind the scenes in a busy kitchen.
• Genuine interest in healthy food and sustainability.
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team in a busy kitchen environment.
• Support implementation of new systems and processes.
• Provide culinary services with a focus on health and sustainability.

Skills

Customer-facing skills

Culinary skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Professional chef training

Job description

Role Details

Passionate about providing healthy, sustainable, and delicious food. Our client work with seasonal British produce to reduce their carbon footprint and deliver award-winning catering services for contracts and events.

Role Requirements

• Must be customer-facing and comfortable working behind the scenes in a busy kitchen.
• Personable presentable and customer facing with a good mixture of chef experience to include quality restaurant, contract catering or event catering. Being able to cook fresh from scratch is a must.
• Able to lead and direct a team and support with implementation of new systems and processes, also be diplomatic and a people person working directly with senior management team.
• Genuine interest in healthy food and sustainability.
• Professional chef training with excellent references. Training experience
• Excellent command of the English language, both written and verbal.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary of £42k+.
• Healthy and varied breakfast and lunch provided.
• Wellness perk included. nutritional philosophy training.
• Regular leadership meetings and brainstorming sessions.

If you are ready to bring your culinary talents to a company that values creativity, health, and sustainability, we want to hear from you!

Salary & Benefits

42- 46 k per annum. Work hours: 7 AM - 4 PM, with occasional early mornings.

No regular weekend work, but a Sunday rota for Monday preparation (5 hours one Sunday every four weeks). (Time and a half)

You will need to have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role, along with all the necessary supporting documents.