Chef Manager - Monday - Thursday

Gather & Gather UK; Leiston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Gather & Gather UK seeks a Chef Manager for a B&I site, leading a small team in food preparation and operations management. The role emphasizes creating high-quality meals, overseeing budget and stock control, while ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. This position suits someone seeking a balanced work-life environment with numerous employee benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Life assurance scheme

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Private medical eligibility

Eye care

Employee Assistance Programme

Family friendly support

Regular social events

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in local pubs/restaurants.
• Strong financial and waste control skills.

Responsibilities

• Preparing high-quality food for clients.
• Managing a team and supporting their development.
• Ordering food and managing budgets.

Skills

Food Preparation

Team Management

Stock Control

Budget Management

Health & Safety Compliance

Job description

At Gather & Gather, we are known as one of the UK & Irelands most distinctive workplace catering experts, we are passionate about great food and great coffee and putting our employees and customers at the heart of everything that we do. We are currently recruiting for a Chef Manager to work with us in a lovely B&I site. This position is working Monday - Thursday from 7.30am to 5pm.

This position involves managing a team of 2.

We are looking for a chef that can deliver home made, delicious food suited to a busy construction site environment, We have a wonderful restaurant facility with a well equipped kitchen to work from.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers
• Identifying opportunities to improve our food service
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role
• Delivering our tasty food concepts to our customers
• Ordering food, looking after stock control and controlling food waste
• Overseeing the efficiency of all catering operations, including managing inventories and implementing action plans
• Managing budgets and successfully meeting financial targets
• Implementing and reviewing Health & Safety standards to ensure compliance across all catering and service teams

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Background in local pub/restaurants
• This position would someone looking for improved work life balance
• Strong on finance and waste control with support offered by our central management team

What's in it for you?

Working with Gather & Gather has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits and development opportunities to keep you content.

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Life assurance scheme
• Pension scheme
• Holiday allowance
• Private medical eligibility
• 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

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CH&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!