Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing catering company in Shrewsbury seeks a Chef Manager to lead kitchen operations. The role offers daytime hours, opportunities for career growth, and a focus on providing quality food. Responsibilities include managing a kitchen team, ensuring service quality, and maintaining client relationships. Benefits include bonuses, free meals on shifts, and extensive career development opportunities.

Benefits

Bonus potential up to 10% of salary

Free meals on shift

Company pension and other benefits

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Experienced Chef Manager accustomed to handling kitchens at scale.
• Ability to liaise with onsite clients effectively.
• Must ensure service quality and adherence to safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Head up the kitchen team to ensure smooth service.
• Manage kitchen operations using fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Maintain high service standards and adhere to regulations.

Skills

Cooking skills

People management

Experience in cooking with fresh ingredients

Job description

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing, education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards. IFG is has 4 amazing brands, Cucina, Innovate, Hutchison & Chapter One.

We’renot going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing : awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

The role…

Job Title

ChefManager

School Location

Wolgarston High School, Penkridge, ST19

Working Days

Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours

6.30am-4pm (45 hours per week)

Working Weeks

42 weeks per year (term time, inset days and 3 additional weeks)

Pay Details

£32,500 per year

Benefits

• Bonus potential of up to 10% of salary (Companies Discression)
• Free meals on shift & IFG uniform
• Company pension and other great IFG benefits

Your Background

We’re open to people with great cooking and people management skills. You will be an experienced Chef Manager, used to cooking using fresh seasonal ingredients at volume, managing your kitchen and liaising directly with onsite clients.

As manager you will head up the team, making sure service runs smoothly and that all due diligence is adhered to.

We’renot in the business of making school food, we’re here to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

What’s in it for me?

So maybe you fancy working somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, and with your weekends and evenings free?

Not to mention all school holidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance.

As an added bonus free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform)

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers!

We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers…

Next steps

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

An interview and kitchen visit will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are committed equal opportunities employer – if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.