Chef Manager - Waltham Abbey

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

Job summary

A leading education catering company is seeking a Chef Manager for King Harold School in Waltham Abbey. This term-time only position offers flexibility with working hours and focuses on delivering nutritious and tasty meals while ensuring health and safety standards. Responsibilities include managing food preparation, day-to-day operations, and team supervision. Benefits include development programs, employee discounts, well-being services, and potential pension eligibility. Join a company dedicated to providing fresh food solutions across the UK.

Benefits

Blended learning programme

Employee Discount Platform

Well-being services

Pension scheme eligibility

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present food to required standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation.
• Manage day-to-day operations and supervise teams.
• Serve as main contact for the client, implementing improvements.
• Communicate regularly to monitor KPIs and financial targets.
• Support and train teams, ensuring performance management.

Skills

Food health and safety standards

Team management

Budget management

Communication

Job description

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at King Harold School, Waltham Abbey to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is term‑time only and does not include weekends, making it ideal for those looking for flexibility.

Remuneration & working hours:

• £18 per hour
• 37.5 hours per week (Monday‑Friday)
• Term‑time only – 39 weeks per year

Key responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client.
• Ensure the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures.
• Enhance the company’s reputation for excellent food and service, consistently exceeding client and customer expectations.
• Run the day‑to‑day operations of the location and supervise teams, including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans.
• Serve as the main point of contact for the client in your school, recommending and implementing regular adjustments and improvements.
• Communicate regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets, ensuring they are achieved.
• Support and train teams, leading by example to ensure all training is completed and performance is managed.

Caterlink strives to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams, treating every individual with respect, integrity and fairness.

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, we have delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at primary schools, secondary schools and colleges across the UK, catering to more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our Fresh Food Policy is the foundation of our success and growth, coupled with a commitment to deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site‑based teams.

Benefits

• A blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications, apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on‑the‑job training to support and encourage your development.
• Access to our Employee Discount Platform for savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants, holiday discounts and family days out.
• Full access to well‑being services, including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits, free of charge for you and your family.
• Potential eligibility to join our pension scheme.