Chef Manager - Lyndhurst Primary School - Camberwell

Olive Dining Ltd; City of Westminster; Presencial; GBP 25.000 - 31.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Family-Friendly Hours

Weekends Off (Yes, really)

Supportive Team Culture

You're never just a number here.

Free Meals on Duty

Because Chefs should never work hungry

Wellbeing First

Access to an Employee Assistance Prog.

Room to Grow

Promoting from within

Descripción de la vacante

OLIVE DINING LTD is seeking a Chef Manager to oversee a kitchen serving 400 children daily across our schools. You will lead a team of five, ensuring high standards of food quality, hygiene, and safe allergen management.

This role offers family-friendly hours and a supportive culture. Key responsibilities include managing day-to-day kitchen operations, stock control, ordering, and building rapport with children, staff and parents.

Formación

• Hands on approach.
• Understanding of good food hygiene and health and safety.
• Sous chef or Chef Manager experience within education preferred but not essential.

Responsabilidades

• Chef Manager to core feed 400 children a day.
• Chef Manager to lead and motivate a team of 5.
• Chef Manager to build rapport with children, staff and parents.
• Chef Manager to manage day to day of the kitchen, including allergens, stock and ordering.

Conocimientos

Hands-on approach

Food hygiene knowledge

Education-sector chef/manager exp

Descripción del empleo

Responsibilities

• Chef Manager to core feed 400 children a day.
• Chef Manager to lead and motivate a team of 5
• Chef Manager to build rapport with children, staff and parents.
• Chef Manager to manage the day to day of the kitchen, including allergens, stock and ordering.

What You'll Need:

• Hands on approach.
• Understanding of good food hygiene and health and safety.
• Sous chef or Chef Manager previous experience within education. ( preferred not essential )

This Role Is Perfect If You:

• Love working with fresh, quality food
• Enjoy being part of a family-run business
• Take pride in what you do.
• Are a positive, reliable person who enjoys working as part of a team.
• Like a role where every day is a little different.
• Want to work somewhere that values its people.

Career Progression

Career progression, development and training plans - Grow with us.

If you're passionate about food, love working in a team, and thrive in a fast-paced environment with purpose, this could be the perfect role for you.

At Olive Dining, we believe great food brings people together and there's no better place to do that than in schools, where young minds are growing every day.

We're a dedicated school catering company serving fresh, nutritious meals to students across London, Kent, Surrey, and Essex. Now, we're on the lookout for a Chef Manager to help us create delicious dishes and keep our kitchens running smoothly, with plenty of smiles along the way in the kitchen.

We offer Family-Friendly Hours, Weekends Off (Yes, really), Supportive Team Culture, You're never just a number here, Free Meals on Duty, Because Chefs should never work hungry, Wellbeing First, Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including free CBT, health, and financial support, Room to Grow, We believe in promoting from within and helping our people thrive.

Benefits & Perks

• Family-Friendly Hours
• Weekends Off (Yes, really)
• Supportive Team Culture
• You're never just a number here.
• Free Meals on Duty
• Because Chefs should never work hungry!
• Wellbeing First
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme including free CBT, health, and financial support.
• Room to Grow
• We believe in promoting from within and helping our people thrive.

Working Hours

• Monday to Friday
• 7am - 3pm ( 40 Hours )
• Term time only ( 40 weeks )
• Salary: 28,000