Cook Manager

Impact Food Group; Dartford; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in education catering is seeking a Cook Manager to lead a new school kitchen. This role offers daytime hours, weekends off, and all school holidays, promoting a healthy work-life balance. You'll manage a team, ensuring high-quality food service using fresh, seasonal ingredients. Enjoy perks like a free meal during shifts and opportunities for career development and qualifications. Join a company committed to making good food for children and providing a supportive environment for your growth.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

Uniform provided

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme

Monthly shopping vouchers for top teams

Qualifications

• Experienced Cook/Chef Manager with a focus on fresh ingredients.
• Ability to manage a kitchen and liaise with onsite clients.

Responsibilities

• Head up the kitchen team ensuring smooth service.
• Ensure adherence to due diligence in food preparation.

Skills

Cooking Skills

People Management

Fresh Seasonal Ingredients

Education

Culinary Qualification

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.

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: New School Opening in the DA1 Area

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 7am-2pm (32.5 hours per week)

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

Pay Details: £28,000 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.