Chef Manager - Park Walk Primary School

Compass Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering service in the UK is seeking a Chef Manager to deliver outstanding food experiences at Park Walk Primary School. You will take charge of food preparation and kitchen management while fostering excellent relationships with clients and ensuring customer satisfaction. Ideal candidates will possess a strong background in food service, effective communication skills, and supervisory experience. The role offers a salary of £22,000 per annum, a term-time only contract, and additional benefits, promoting a balanced work-life environment.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme

Consistent training and development

Unlock discount membership

Qualifications

• Must provide two employment/character references.
• Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food.
• Manage aspects of the kitchen, including Health & Safety.
• Develop excellent working relationships with clients and customers.

Skills

Passionate about food and customer service

Excellent communication skills

Supervisory skills

Financially astute

Education

Qualifications/experience in a craft background

Job description

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Park Walk Primary School.

As a Chef Manager, you will be working in a passionate and hard-working team to create an outstanding experience for our 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.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing our delicious food.
• Managing the main aspects of the kitchen, including Health & Safety and Training & Development, and being responsible for the Unit Bookwork.
• Receiving and managing food deliveries and storage.
• Putting our customers first and developing excellent working relationships with clients, team, and customers to ensure the catering contract grows in the right direction.

Our ideal Chef Manager will be:

• Passionate about food and great customer service.
• A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team. Excellent supervisory skills are essential to manage, develop, and motivate a large team.
• Financially astute, with full training provided for our processes and software systems.
• A craft background with qualifications/experience to match.

Role details and benefits include:

• £22,000 per annum.
• 35 hours a week.
• Monday to Friday.
• Excellent work/life balance due to term‑time‑only contract.
• Holiday pay.
• NEST pension scheme.
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme.
• Consistent training and development.
• Unlock discount membership.
• Excellent work/family life balance due to term‑time‑only contract.

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role;

• The food – Here at Pabulum, we take our values seriously. 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.
• And you – We are recruiting for a Chef Manager to join our positive and professional team.

As you will be working in education, you must provide two employment/character references and we will also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check (which we’ll pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family?

Please apply online via the advert.

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!