Chef Manager

WSH Group; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Birthday off

Maternity leave 24 weeks

Secondary carer leave

Wedding day leave

Free meals on shift

Training & development

Apprenticeships

Pension & life insurance

Perkbox discounts

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work

Job summary

WSH Group is looking for a Chef Manager to lead a team of 2 at a staff restaurant in Newcastle Upon Tyne. You will combine cooking excellence with strong management, ensuring targets, standards and client expectations are met.

You will oversee menus, costs, training, and performance while maintaining food safety standards and delivering great service in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role with supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness.
• Ability to lead a team and manage costs.
• Excellent food quality and customer service orientation.

Responsibilities

• Achieve financial targets in line with client budget.
• Monitor staff performance, conduct appraisals and identify training needs.
• Lead regular team meetings to communicate targets and standards.
• Ensure prompt, efficient service and exceed food service and value expectations.
• Conduct Food Safety and Health and Safety Risk Assessments and ensure hygiene standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Cost management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship

Compliance

Supervisory experience

Financial acumen

Commercial awareness

Analytical thinking

Passion for food & customer service

Job description

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,

• 28 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Plus, your birthday off
• 24 week’s enhanced maternity leave
• Secondary carerleave
• 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
• 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.