Cook Manager - Bilston

jobs24.co.uk; Bilston; On-site; GBP 1,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the education catering sector is seeking a Chef Manager to lead food service at a primary school. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact young lives positively by providing nutritious and delicious meals. With a focus on health and safety, you'll manage a dedicated team, ensuring that every meal meets the highest standards. Enjoy the benefits of term-time work, allowing for a balanced lifestyle, while contributing to a diverse and inclusive environment. If you have a passion for culinary excellence and team leadership, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Discount Platform

Wellbeing Services

Pension Scheme

Blended Learning Programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a culinary role with a focus on nutrition.
• Strong leadership skills to manage and train kitchen staff.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present food to high standards while ensuring safety compliance.
• Oversee daily operations and manage budgets effectively.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Health and Safety Compliance

Team Leadership

Budget Management

Education

Culinary Arts Qualification

Food Safety Certification

Job description

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at a Primary School in WV147AE who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends, making it great for those looking for flexibility.

The role:

• £14.00 per hour
• 35 hours per week working Monday - Friday
• Term-time only - working 190 weeks per year

Your key responsibilities will include:

• To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client.
• To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety, and environmental legislations and procedures.
• To ensure that the company's reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customer expectations are consistently exceeded.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans.
• To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented.
• Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved.
• Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to ensure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed.

Caterlink strives to provide a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect and integrity, and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and fairly at all times.

Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our 'Fresh Food Policy' is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.

Benefits:

• You have the opportunity of a blended learning programme that can include formal qualifications including apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning, and on-the-job training to support and encourage your development and enable you to be the best you can be.
• We offer you access to our Employee Discount Platform where you can make great savings at supermarkets, cinemas, restaurants, as well as holiday discounts, family days out, and many more!
• You will have full access to our Wellbeing Services including the Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits which are there for you and your family to use free of charge at any time.
• You may be eligible to join our Pension scheme.