Chef Manager - Woodville Primary School

Compass Group PLC; Ford End; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Ford End is seeking a Chef Manager to oversee kitchen operations at Woodville Primary School. The role involves preparing fresh food, managing kitchen safety, and leading a passionate team. Ideal candidates will have a strong culinary background and a knack for fostering excellent client relationships. This position offers a £24,000 annual salary, a term-time only contract, and various employee benefits, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme

Training and development opportunities

Discount membership through Perks at Work

Qualifications

• Experience managing kitchens including Health & Safety and Training.
• Ability to develop and motivate a large team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to manage customer relationships.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food and ensure quality.
• Manage kitchen operations and paperwork effectively.
• Develop strong relationships with clients and team members.

Skills

Passionate about food and great customer service

Excellent communication skills

Excellent supervisory skills

Financially astute

Education

Craft background with qualifications/experience

Job description

Overview

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Woodville Primary School. The school has a lovely team in a real well cared for school. 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 kitchens 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.
• With a reputation for excellent service and fabulous food, we always put our customers first. As one of our Unit Managers we expect you want to do the same by developing great working relationships with clients, the team, and customers, you will be able to ensure that the catering contract is always growing in the right direction.
• 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 being the real key to managing, developing, and motivating a large team.
• You will need to be financially astute, but we will provide full training in all our processes and software systems to help you.
• A craft background with qualifications/experience to match.
• The food - Here at Pabulum, we take our values seriously and put 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 food.
• £24,000 per annum
• Monday to Friday - 35 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
• Excellent work/ family life balance due to term time only contract

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role