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Impact Food Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider in London is seeking dedicated individuals for food preparation in schools. The role entails assisting the Chef Manager, cooking for over 200 meals daily using fresh ingredients, and ensuring kitchen cleanliness. Candidates will enjoy weekends off, school holidays, and a range of benefits, including free qualifications and career development. Note: An enhanced DBS check is a requirement, cost covered by the company.

Benefits

Free qualifications

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme with over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Must be ready to work weekends and school holidays.
• Able to undertake a trade test for the role.
• Must undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Assist the onsite Chef Manager with meal preparation.
• Cook for more than 200 meals using fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Keep kitchen and restaurant areas clean and tidy.

Job description

About Impact Food Group

Impact Food Group is made up of 3 brands – Innovate, Cucina and Chapter One – specialising in providing an exceptional catering service to the education sector and are Catey award-winning!

We are looking for people who are devoted to great service, fantastic food, and making a positive impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Assisting the onsite Chef Manager with the preparation of the main meals and snacks for the site.
• Working using fresh seasonal ingredients and cooking for a volume of more than 200 meals.
• May include some counter service or till work.
• Keeping the kitchen and restaurant areas clean and tidy at all times.

Candidate Profile

We are open to people from all industry backgrounds and pride ourselves on having restaurant‑quality chefs in secondary schools. Our chefs love building rapport with students and helping them explore different cuisines, building a foundation of a positive attitude to food. The position offers weekends back, school holidays off, no more late nights or split shifts, free qualifications, career‑development opportunities and a staff discount scheme with over 850 retailers.

IFG is committed to safeguarding children; all staff share this commitment. Successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG covers the cost of.

Requirements

• Ready to work weekends, school holidays and for split shifts.
• Will be required to undertake a trade test for this role.
• Must undergo an enhanced DBS check (cost covered by IFG).