Chef Manager - Haydock

Gather & Gather; St Helens; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Healthcare Support App (Annual health,

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy and Employee Assist

Job summary

Gather & Gather in the United Kingdom operates in a high-volume catering environment, delivering meals to a large daily covers average. The Chef Manager will lead a hands-on team, plan menus and manage costs while maintaining exceptional standards of service and food safety.

The role emphasizes staff development, client liaison and continuous improvement of the food offer in a fast-paced workplace setting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading high-volume catering operations.
• Strong people management and coaching abilities.
• Solid understanding of food safety, hygiene and health & safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team of 10, creating a positive, hands-on working environment.
• Oversee a busy catering operation serving approximately 400 covers per day, ensuring high standards of food and service.
• Manage day-to-day kitchen operations, including food prep, service delivery, stock control and ordering.
• Plan and develop menus for high-volume workplace catering.
• Own financial performance including food costs, budgets, wastage and profitability.
• Manage rotas and staffing to cover busy service periods.
• Maintain excellent standards of food safety, hygiene, health & safety and compliance.
• Build strong relationships with client and customers, respond to feedback and continually improve the food offer.
• Coach, develop and support the team, leading from the front.

Skills

Leadership

Team motivation

Food safety

Job description

• Lead and motivate a team of 10, creating a positive, hands-on working environment.
• Oversee a busy catering operation serving approximately 400 covers per day, ensuring consistently high standards of food and service.
• Manage the day-to-day kitchen operation, including food preparation, service delivery, stock control and ordering.
• Plan and develop menus that are appealing, practical and suited to a high-volume workplace catering environment.
• Take ownership of the financial performance of the operation, including food costs, budgets, wastage and overall profitability.
• Manage rotas and staffing levels effectively to ensure the operation runs smoothly during busy service periods.
• Maintain excellent standards of food safety, hygiene, health & safety and compliance.
• Build strong relationships with the client and customers, responding to feedback and continually improving the food offer.
• Coach, develop and support the team, leading from the front and creating an engaged and motivated workforce.
  Must have experience within high-volume catering, ideally within a busy blue-collar or similar workplace environment.
• A strong people person who enjoys leading, motivating and developing a team.
• Commercially and financially strong, with a good understanding of food costs, budgets, labour and profitability.
• Hands-on, organised and comfortable managing a fast-paced operation serving around 400 covers per day.
• A confident Chef Manager who can balance great food, strong finances and excellent people management.
  As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.
  Working with G&G has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Access to Healthcare Support App which includes Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• A holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers