Chef Manager

Sodexo; High Peak; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A corporate services provider in High Peak is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to lead a team and ensure high-quality meal service for clients. Responsibilities include managing catering services and maintaining food safety standards. The ideal candidate will have professional culinary qualifications and proven experience in a high-volume setting. This opportunity offers competitive benefits and aims for continuous improvement and innovation in service delivery.

Benefits

Unlimited access to wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

24-hour virtual GP Service

Sodexo Discounts Scheme

Pension Plan membership

Learning and development tools

Bike to Work Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Chef Manager in a high volume setting.
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks.
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure prompt and efficient preparation and service of all meals.
• Lead the catering team, ensuring training and performance management.
• Manage the financial performance of catering services.
• Maintain hygiene, health, and safety standards.
• Act as Deputy Site Manager as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Customer service

Food safety standards

Education

Professional cookery or culinary qualifications

Job description

Build a name with big‑brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high‑quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards while working efficiently in a fast‑paced, trend‑setting, client‑focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure prompt and efficient preparation and service of all meals and hospitality to agreed standards.
• Lead the catering team, ensuring training, performance management and staff development.
• Manage the financial performance of catering services, including purchasing, stock control, gross profit, and labour costs.
• Maintain statutory and company standards of hygiene, health and safety across the catering unit.
• Support the Site Manager with site‑wide compliance, facilities management, audits, and reporting.
• Act as Deputy Site Manager, assuming responsibility in the Site Manager's absence.
• Develop and implement 4‑week menu cycles, promotions, and initiatives in line with Sodexo standards.
• Respond to customer feedback, enquiries and complaints with professionalism and a solutions focus.
• Build strong working relationships with client representatives, site teams, and suppliers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, innovation, and service development both within catering and across the wider site.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Chef Manager in a high volume setting.
• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications.
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks.
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards.

Benefits

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support.
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, and support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing.
• Access to a 24‑hour virtual GP Service.
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big‑brand retailers.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan.
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies.

About Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better everyday for everyone, building a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the quality of life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On‑Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services, and Personal & Home Services.