Chef Manager

TN United Kingdom; Redcar; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in facility management is seeking a Kitchen Manager for a primary school setting. The role involves overseeing catering operations, ensuring high standards of food quality and safety, and leading a team to deliver exceptional service. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and a passion for food preparation.

Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of school catering.
• Excellent food preparation and cooking skills.
• Understanding of Health and Safety.

Responsibilities

• Manage school catering operation and standards.
• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene of premises.
• Order food and manage stock control.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Organizational Skills

Tools

Kitchen Software

Job description

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Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, Term Time Only

Contract Type: Permanent

Your primary focus is on delivering great food for our students in a Primary School Setting.

You will have overall management responsibility for the school catering operation, setting and driving standards and managing in line with agreed budgets and targets.

As Kitchen Manager, you will also take full responsibility for food production, ordering stock control, food safety and Natasha's Law. Staff training and development.

The key to the success of this role will be positive leadership of your team and building and maintaining positive relationships with your client and students.

The Role

• To plan, operate and control the production and service of food related duties
• To take responsibility for the standard of cleanliness and hygiene of premises and equipment and adherence of new nutritional guidelines
• To order all food and other commodities required from designated suppliers
• To operate and control stocks including stock records, ensuring correct completion and submission of all appropriate returns and records to the target dates identified
• Take care to deliver outstanding catering services in and out of the kitchen
• Keep to deadlines, with prompt service of meals
• Work to a high standard of general hygiene, maintaining the cleanliness of the site
• Uphold our health & safety values, always keeping a secure and safe environment
• Act as part of the larger ISS team, working with other areas to create an exceptional experience for colleagues and customers

About You

• Advanced understanding of school catering and excellent food preparation and cooking skills
• Demonstrate acceptable level of understanding of Health and Safety and accident prevention
• Ability to demonstrate understanding profit and loss
• Excellent interpersonal, administrative and organisational skills
• Good understanding of kitchen software / electronic ordering systems
• Positive and proactive attitude
• Ability to build strong enduring relationships with clients, customers, and colleagues

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.