Chef Manager

Harri

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 36,000 - 48,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Masterclasses with Michelin-starredChe

Fully funded development courses

Discounts and cashback

Cycle-to-work

Freedom Friday – paid day off

Free lunch

Mental Health Charter App access

Parental leave benefits

Fertility leave

Grandparent leave

Job summary

BM Caterers in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to run a busy contract site, lead the kitchen team, liaise with the client, and ensure high standards of food and service.

You will recruit, train and motivate staff, manage budgets, deliver weekly reports and stock counts, forecast GP, and uphold food safety, hygiene and COSHH compliance while driving seasonal, nutritious menus.

Qualifications

Management experience of running a contract catering site.
Ability to recruit, train and motivate a kitchen team.
Strong budgeting, forecasting and GP targeting capabilities.

Responsibilities

Run the contract operations and maintain high standards of food and service.
Liaise with the client to ensure customer satisfaction.
Recruit, train and motivate your team to deliver great results.
Manage budgets, complete weekly reports and stock counts.
Forecast GP and manage cash and costs to meet budgets.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Forecasting

Recruitment & training

Hygiene & safety

Education

City & Guilds 7061/7062

NVQ or equivalent

Food Safety Level 3

Health & Safety Level 2

COSHH

Job description

We’re a multi award-winning contract catering company, with a team of trained foodies serving over 45,500 satisfied customers every day. We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chef Manager to join our team.

This is a Chef Manager position to work 5 days out of 7 days (40 hours per week).

This is a management role so you will be responsible for the running of the contract, liaising with the client to make sure that all of the customers enjoy the food and service at site, and you will be responsible for recruiting, training and motivating your team.

You will also be expected to manage the budget, complete various weekly reports and stock counts, as well as ensuring that you and your team achieve GP and budgets every week. This will require good planning and organising skills, in-depth knowledge of contract catering so that you can forecast accurately, plus the drive and commitment to deliver innovative food and service each and every day – something which sets bartlett mitchell apart from other contract caterers.

We know that you will be proud of your standards in hygiene, food safety and compliance. You will want to brief your teams, support your team and find new ways of bringing our fundamentally foodies values into the site. You will be a great manager and chef who can produce outstanding food – you’ll be inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal, balanced and nutritious menus.

Being a part of our culture of learning is important here at bartlett mitchell. That’s why you’ll attend our forums andAcademy workshopsto keep up-to-date with food innovation. Being in the kitchen regularly doesn’t mean you won’t see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food – to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations. Ideally you will be educated to a City & Guilds 706 1 and 2, NVQ or have equivalentskills and experience andhold a Food Safety qualification at Level 3 as a minimum, with Health Safety at Level 2. You must also have an excellent knowledge of Food Safety Management System requirements as well as COSHH.

Our benefits include: