Chef Manager

BaxterStorey; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Birthday leave

Volunteer days

Maternity leave

Pension and life insurance

Discounts via perks app

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work

Training & apprenticeships

Job summary

BaxterStorey in Newcastle Upon Tyne is seeking a Chef Manager to lead a 2-person team in a staff restaurant for our client, overseeing cooking and management tasks. You will be responsible for producing, organising, and maintaining a high-performing kitchen, ensuring policies and dish specs are followed, and that standards are met daily.

The role combines hands-on cooking with management duties, requiring strong supervisory skills, cost control, and a commitment to delivering exceptional

Qualifications

• Ability to work within a team, manage costs, negotiate and build relationships with suppliers, and stay compliant.
• Experience in a similar role with strong supervisory responsibilities and financial awareness.
• Analytical approach to problem solving with a real passion for food and customer service.
• Focus on using fresh ingredients and delivering excellent hospitality standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the location achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget.
• Monitor the work of all staff, conduct appraisals, and identify training needs.
• Hold regular team meetings to communicate targets, standards, and information.
• Ensure prompt, efficient service and consistently exceed food service value expectations.
• Carry out Food Safety and Health & Safety Risk Assessments and maintain hygiene standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Cost management

Supplier relationships

Supervisory experience

Financial & commercial acumen

Analytical problem solving

Passion for food & customer service

Job description

Company Description

Chef Manager - £33.000

Monday to Friday

40 Hours Per Week

06.30 -15.00

We are recruiting a Chef Manager for one of our locations in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

The Chef Manager will work with a team of 2 running our Staff restaurant for our client.

Excellent opportunity to utilise both cooking and management skills producing, organising and creating a fantastic team environment. Whilst maintaining standards through book work and record Keeping, ensuring company policies are implemented, dish specs followed,

Benefits

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus, your birthday off
• 3 volunteering days
• 3 days grandparent leave
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary carer leave
• Wedding/commitment day leave
• Free meals on shift
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Apprenticeships opportunities for all experience levels
• Pension and life insurance
• Discounts available on our Perkbox app; high street shops, holidays & cinema
• Wellbeing hub
• Access to employee assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Job Description

WHAT WILL KEEP YOU BUSY:

• Ensure that the location achieves the financial targets agreed with the client in line with the budget.
• Monitor the work of all the staff and carry out appraisals, recognise training needs and potential as appropriate.
• Hold team meetings on a regular basis to communicate targets, standards required and company and client information.
• Ensure that customers are given a prompt and efficient service and that their food service and value expectations are consistently exceeded.
• Conduct Food Safety and Health and Safety Risk Assessments and ensure that all standards and procedures in respect of Hygiene and Safety are established and maintained

Qualifications

Qualifications

Food to you is not just a simple life need, food is all about who you are.

• Your focus and desire is to work with the freshest and best ingredients and the closer you are to your kitchen, the better.
• You have the ability to work within a team, manage costs, negotiate and build relationship with suppliers as well as being compliant
• You will have experience within a similar role, strong supervisory experience and be financially and commercially astute
• Able to demonstrate your analytical approach to problem solving and have the ability to display a real passion for food and customer service

Additional Information

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location, whether that’s an office, stadium, cathedral or university, we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer, and guest can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We can’t do this alone; we need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy, and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team’s careers. ‘Better’ is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Come be a part of the food revolution!