Cook Manager

Impact Food Group; Bromley; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company is looking for a Cook Manager at Langle Park Primary School in Beckenham. The role offers a balance of work-life with daytime hours, weekends off, and holidays. Ideal candidates will have experience in cooking and managing a team. The position includes great benefits such as a free meal during shifts and opportunities for career development. A commitment to safeguarding children is essential, and successful candidates will undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme at retailers

Qualifications

• Experienced Cook/Chef Manager with a good track record.
• Ability to manage a team and maintain kitchen standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the kitchen and oversee food preparation.
• Ensure service runs smoothly and adhere to food safety practices.

Skills

People management

Cooking with fresh seasonal ingredients

Job description

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing, education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards. IFG has 4 amazing brands, Cucina, Innovate, Hutchison & Chapter One.

We’re not going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

The role…

Job Title: Cook Manager

School Location: Langle Park Primary School, Beckenham, BR3

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 6.30am-2.30pm (37.5 hours per week)

Working Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

Pay Details: £25,000 per Annum

Your Background…

We’re open to people with great cooking and people management skills. You will be an experienced Cook/Chef Manager, used to cooking using fresh seasonal ingredients at volume, managing your kitchen and liaising directly with onsite clients.

As manager you will head up the team, making sure service runs smoothly and that all due diligence is adhered to.

We’re not in the business of making school food, we’re here to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

What’s in it for me?

So maybe you fancy working somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, and with your weekends and evenings free?

Not to mention all school holidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance.

As an added bonus a free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform)

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers!

We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers...

Next steps…

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

An interview and kitchen visit will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

We are a committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.