Chef Manager - Thomson House School

Compass Group UK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is seeking a Chef Manager in London to deliver exceptional food experiences for children. You'll manage kitchen operations, build relationships with school staff, and ensure a high standard of service. The role offers a £28,000 salary, a work-life balance with a term-time only contract, and comprehensive training and benefits.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Perks at Work – discount membership

Qualifications

• Experience in managing and developing a large team.
• Ability to create an outstanding customer experience.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food for the school.
• Manage kitchen aspects including Health & Safety.
• Develop relationships with clients and team.

Skills

Passionate about food and customer service

Fantastic communication skills

Excellent supervisory skills

Financially astute

Education

Craft background with appropriate qualifications

Job description

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

The school has a lovely team in a well‑cared for environment. You will have a close relationship with the school, be responsible for a well‑established kitchen, and be dedicated to providing the best for all children.

As a Chef Manager, you will be working within an enthusiastic and hard‑working team to create an outstanding experience for the 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. You will also have the unit bookwork to keep up to date.
• Receiving and managing food deliveries and managing storage.
• Developing great working relationships with clients, team and customers, ensuring the catering contract is always growing 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 communication skills throughout our customer and client journey are necessary.
• Excellent supervisory skills; managing, developing and motivating a large team.
• Financially astute, with full training in all our processes and software systems.
• A craft background with appropriate qualifications/experience.

Role details and benefits include:

• £28,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday – 37.5 hours a week
• Excellent work/life balance due to term‑time only contract
• Holiday pay
• NEST pension scheme
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
• Consistent training and development
• Perks at Work – discount membership

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role:

• The food – 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.

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, which we will pay for.

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online.

Job Reference: com/1211/43863001/52764950/R/BU #Pabulum

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!