Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Staines-upon-Thames; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in educational catering is seeking a dynamic Chef Manager to lead a kitchen team at a local school. This role offers a unique opportunity to create nutritious meals for children while enjoying a work-life balance with daytime hours and weekends off. As a Chef Manager, you will be responsible for managing kitchen operations, ensuring high food quality, and fostering a positive team environment. With competitive pay, bonus potential, and opportunities for professional growth, this position is perfect for culinary professionals looking to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Free Meals on Shift

Uniform Provided

Pension Plan

Career Development Opportunities

Staff Discount Scheme

Qualifications

• Experienced Chef Manager with a background in cooking with fresh ingredients.
• Strong people management skills to lead the kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen operations and ensure smooth service.
• Liaise with onsite clients and maintain food quality standards.

Skills

Cooking Skills

People Management

Food Safety Management

Education

Culinary Degree

Food Hygiene Certification

Job description

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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.

We’re not 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: Chef Manager

School Location: The Matthew Arnold School, Staines, TW18

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 7am-4.30pm (45 hours per week)

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

Pay Details: £35,000 per year

Benefits: Bonus potential of up to 10% of salary (Companies Discression), free meals onshift, uniform, pension and other great company 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’re not 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 a 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 a 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.

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