Chef Manager (Maternity Cover) - Hook Infant & Junior School

Compass Group; Hook; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company seeks a Chef Manager (Maternity Cover) for Hook Infant & Junior School. The role involves preparing food and managing a dedicated kitchen team while ensuring compliance with Health & Safety standards. Ideal candidates are passionate about food and possess excellent supervisory and communication skills. This position offers a £32,000 annual salary, term-time only contract, and various benefits such as holiday pay and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme

Consistent training and development

Discount membership

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a kitchen environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients and customers.
• Willingness to engage in full training for software systems.

Responsibilities

• Preparing delicious food for children.
• Managing kitchen operations including Health & Safety.
• Unit bookkeeping and managing food deliveries.
• Developing relationships with clients and team.

Skills

Passionate about food

Excellent supervisory skills

Great customer service

Financially astute

Strong communication skills

Education

Craft background with qualifications/experience

Job description

Chef Manager (Maternity Cover) - Hook Infant & Junior School

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager (Maternity Cover) to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Hook Infant & Junior Schools. The school has a lovely team in a well‑cared‑for environment. You will have a close relationship with the school, be responsible for a well‑established kitchen, and be dedicated to providing the best for all children.

As a Chef Manager, you will be working within an enthusiastic and hard‑working team to create an outstanding experience for the school. In return we offer an excellent work‑life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children. At Pabulum you’re important; without our employees we wouldn’t be where we are today with such a strong, innovative, and constantly growing business. With over 120 sites across Southern England there’s plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing our delicious food.
• Managing the main aspects of the kitchen, including Health & Safety and Training & Development.
• Unit bookkeeping to keep up to date.
• Receiving and managing food deliveries and managing storage.
• Developing great working relationships with clients, team, and customers to ensure the catering contract is always growing in the right direction.

Ideal Candidate

• Passionate about food and great customer service.
• A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills throughout the customer and client journey are necessary.
• Excellent supervisory skills being the real key to managing, developing, and motivating a large team.
• You will need to be financially astute, but don’t worry, we will make sure you receive full training in all our processes and software systems to help you.
• A craft background with qualifications/experience to match.

Role Details & Benefits

£32,000 per annum

Monday to Friday – 40 hours a week

Excellent work/life balance due to term‑time only contract

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme

Consistent training and development

Perks at Work – discount membership

The Food & People

Here at Pabulum, we take our values so seriously that we put Education, Passion, Sensation, and Innovation at the forefront of everything we do. 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods.

The people – Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online.

Pabulum & CO, a part of Compass Group UK&I, is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive – because diversity is our strength!