Chef Manager Monday - Friday

Gather + Gather; Stockport; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Pension

Holiday allowance

Healthcare app

Eye care

Wellbeing program

Family support

Discount vouchers

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Job summary

Gather and Gather in Stockport is recruiting a Chef Manager to lead a 9-person team and design menus aligned with client needs. The role runs 40 hours per week, 07:00–15:30, with a salary of £40,000 per year dependent on experience.

You will oversee food preparation, ensure timely service, and develop new service styles while collaborating with stakeholders to maintain quality and consistency.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a kitchen or catering team.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to plan menus in line with client and customer needs.

Responsibilities

• To invent and create menus that are in line with client and customer needs
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To enjoy the food you produce and ensure they are ‘picture perfect’ every time
• To assist in developing and producing new service styles and food concepts
• To communicate with the relevant parties requirements for planned menus and order necessary ingredients
• Manage a team of 9
• free issue site offering breakfast and lunch, barista coffee bar

Skills

Menu planning

Team leadership

Food preparation

Quality control

Job description

Great food in the workplace isn’t simply about fuel.It’s about increasing productivity and improving performance; it’s about happy, motivated people and inspiring environments. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – we live to bring food and people together.

We are brave, bold and curious adventurers in food and drink. Never shy of being different, always challenging the conventional.

Our passionate team of chefs, baristas, servers, nutritionists and much more, love nothing more than creating memorable moments that enrich the everyday.Come and join our award-winning teams – we are currently recruiting for a Chef Manager to join our team in Stockport.

Location

Stockport, SK1, two minute walk from Stockport station

Working Pattern

40 hours per week, 07:00am - 15:30pm

Rate of Pay

£40,000 per annum depending on experience

Key Responsibilities

• To invent and create menus that are in line with client and customer needs
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To enjoy the food you produce and ensure they are ‘picture perfect’ every time
• To assist in developing and producing new service styles and food concepts
• To communicate with the relevant parties requirements for planned menus and order necessary ingredients
• Manage a team of 9
• free issue site offering breakfast and lunch, barista coffee bar

What's in it for you?

Working with Gather and Gather 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