Chef Manager - Pinner Wood Primary School

Compass Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chef Manager to lead a dedicated kitchen team at a primary school. This role focuses on delivering exceptional food experiences while ensuring health and safety standards are met. With a strong emphasis on work-life balance and a supportive company culture, you'll have the opportunity to grow and develop in a rewarding environment. If you're passionate about food and customer service, this position offers a fantastic chance to make a difference in children's lives through healthy eating. Join a team that values innovation and quality in every meal prepared.

Benefits

Holiday Pay

NEST Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Consistent Training and Development

Unlock – Discount Membership

Qualifications

• Passionate about food and great customer service.
• Financially astute with training provided in processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food and manage kitchen operations.
• Ensure health & safety standards and manage food deliveries.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Customer Service

Communication

Financial Management

Education

Culinary Qualifications

Experience in Catering

Tools

Kitchen Management Software

Job description

Chef Manager - Pinner Wood Primary School

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Pinner Wood Primary School. The school has a lovely little team of people in a well-cared-for environment. You will have a close relationship with the school and be responsible for a well-established kitchen dedicated to providing the best for all children.

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:

1. Preparing our delicious food
2. Managing the main aspects of the kitchen including Health & Safety and Training & Development, and keeping the Unit Bookwork up to date
3. Receiving and managing food deliveries and managing storage

With a reputation for excellent service and fabulous food, we always put our customers first. As one of our Unit Managers, we expect you to want to do the same. By developing a great working relationship with clients, team, and customers alike, you will ensure the catering contract you are part of is always growing in the right direction.

Our ideal Chef Manager will be:

1. Passionate about food and great customer service
2. A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team
3. Financially astute, with full training provided in all our processes and software systems
4. Possessing a craft background with qualifications/experience to match

Role details and benefits include:

1. £30,000 per annum
2. Monday to Friday - 40 hours a week
3. Excellent work/life balance due to term-time only contract
4. Holiday pay
5. NEST pension scheme
6. Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
7. Consistent training and development
8. Unlock – discount membership

At Pabulum, there are three basic ingredients for your role:

1. The food: Here at Pabulum, we take our values seriously, putting 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.
2. The people: Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.
3. You: We are recruiting for a Catering Assistant to join our positive and professional team.

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

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online. If you would like to contact me directly to discuss the role, you can send an email to [e-mail].

Job Reference: com/1604/42354001/52707533/R/BU #PabulumCH&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!