Chef Manager - Monday- Friday

Gather & Gather UK; Warwick; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A food service company in Warwick is seeking a Chef Manager to oversee food preparation and lead a team in delivering high-quality service. The ideal candidate will have a background in restaurants, be flexible, and possess strong knowledge of food hygiene. Responsibilities include menu planning, team training, and maintaining hygiene standards. This role offers an annual salary of £43,000 and includes numerous benefits such as training opportunities, healthcare support, and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Access to Healthcare Support App

Eye care

Wellbeing strategy

Family friendly support

Regular social events

Holiday purchase scheme

Volunteering days

Professional subscriptions

Recognition schemes

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Come from a restaurant background.
• Be flexible and adaptable.
• Good knowledge of food & hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and oversee all food preparation to the highest standard.
• Produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service.
• Train and develop up to 21 team members.
• Ensure all ingredients are available for the menus.
• Develop and plan menus in line with client expectations.
• Creatively plan menus including client input.
• Maintain high food quality and hygiene standards.
• Manage a kitchen team delivering up to 400 covers daily.
• Provide feedback and coaching on team performance.
• Ensure kitchen team completes up-to-date COSHH and Food Hygiene training.

Skills

Good knowledge of food & hygiene

Flexibility and adaptability

Experience in Restaurant background

Job description

At Gather & Gather, 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 amazing team at Warwick.

Location: CV34 6DA

Salary: £43,000 per annum

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday, between 7am and 3pm

Key responsibilities will include:

• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• Responsible for overall training and development of up to 21 team members
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team in delivering up to 400 covers on daily basis
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training

Our ideal Candidate will:

• Come from Restaurant background
• Be flexible and adaptable
• Good knowledge of food & hygiene

What's in it for you?

Working with Company Of Cooks 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 leadersA holiday purchase scheme
• Volunteering days
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers