Chef Manager - Romford

Caterlink Ltd; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company is seeking a Chef Manager for Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy in Romford. This role offers a flexible term-time working schedule, preparing nutritious meals for students while ensuring all health and safety standards are met. Responsibilities include managing kitchen operations, supervising staff, and liaising with the school client to enhance service quality. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in cooking and food service management, with the opportunity for professional development and employee benefits.

Benefits

Blended learning programme with qualifications

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services

Pension scheme eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in preparing and presenting food to high standards.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in the kitchen.
• Ability to lead and support a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food to company standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage day-to-day operations and supervision of staff.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the school client.
• Monitor KPIs and financial targets.

Skills

Food preparation and cooking

Health and safety compliance

Team leadership

Client communication

Job description

About this role

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.

Key details

• 17 per hour
• 30 hours per week Monday - Friday
• Term-time only – 39 weeks per year

Responsibilities

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures
• To ensure that the company's reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded
• To be responsible for the day‑to‑day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed

About Caterlink

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our "Fresh Food Policy" is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site‑based teams.

Benefits & Development

• You have the opportunity of a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants as well as holiday discounts, family days out and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme