Chef Manager

BaxterStorey; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Wolverhampton seeks an experienced cook in charge to ensure the delivery of balanced and nutritious meals in primary schools. This role involves managing a small team, preparing meals, and maintaining food safety standards. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills, along with a passion for food service. Enjoy a great work/life balance with term-time only hours and no weekends, plus opportunities for professional development and employee benefits.

Benefits

Opportunity for formal qualifications

Employee Discount Platform

Employee Assistance Program

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar cooking environment is essential.
• Ability to manage a small team in a Primary School site.
• Understanding of GP calculations and IT literacy is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that nutritionally balanced meals are provided.
• Lead a hands-on approach with your team in food preparation.
• Complete all due diligence and place orders.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Health and safety knowledge

Food safety knowledge

Ability to cook

Job description

Company Description

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our “Fresh Food Policy” is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced cook in charge who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. We serve thousands of meals every day across the UK and want this exceptional service to our schools and colleges to continue.

We therefore need you to be well presented, organised and possess great communication skills and have a genuine passion for what you do. We really want you to demonstrate a real passion for food and service, having worked in a similar environment at a similar level. The role will be hands on, working with your team and having sound health and safety and food safety knowledge as well as a good understanding of GP calculations and IT literacy skills will massively help you be successful in the role. You must also be able to cook.

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Qualifications

An organised individual to cook , place orders ,and complete all due diligence, and manage a small team in a Primary School Site , 35 hrs per week , £ per hour , term time only

Advantages

• With Caterlink you have the opportunity to a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including Apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be. Everyone who joins us is provided with an induction where they learn more about us and enable them to be the best they can be. We invest in development opportunities and are always looking to recruit, train and retain the best people for our own future talent and your own future development.
• Working for Caterlink ensure you are able to enjoy a great work / life balance – this is the beauty of working term-time only and no weekends!
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• Our Employee Assistance Programand Virtual GP benefits are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pensionscheme