Cook Manager - St Michaels Primary School

Norse Group; Aylsham; A distancia; GBP 24.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Norse Catering is recruiting a Cook Manager for St Michaels Primary School in the United Kingdom. You will lead the kitchen team, plan, cook and serve lunches, ensuring excellent service within a term-time, pro-rata arrangement.

The role requires strong food safety knowledge, budgeting skills and a passion for customer service, with support from central teams for menus, dietary needs and promotional materials.

Formación

• Experience in a busy kitchen with an organised approach.
• Passion for customer service and strong communication.
• Ability to work within budget and food cost controls.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage the school kitchen team; plan, cook and serve lunches.
• Oversee food safety, health and safety, and allergen management.
• Utilise menu cycles, diet requirements and promotional posters; manage supplies.
• Use the kitchen management tablet to access the system and minimise paperwork.

Conocimientos

Kitchen management

Team leadership

Food safety

Customer service

Communication

Herramientas

Kitchen management system

Descripción del empleo

Are you looking for a career where you can make a difference to the lives of others?

Cook Manager – St Michaels Primary School

The salary for this role is £27,001.58 pro rata which equates to £13.31 per hour + 28 days paid holiday entitlement.

Join the team at Norse Catering and help make a difference to the lives of young people through delivering healthy, nutritious and balanced meals at St Michaels Primary School. We offer fully funded accredited courses, excellent career progression, and job satisfaction from giving back to your community and improving people’s lives.

The opportunity:

• Permanent
• 28.75 hours per week
• Mon - Fri, 08:00 - 13:45

This is a term-time only position, working 38 weeks per year, offering you a great work-life balance. Your pay will be pro rata, you will receive 1/12th of your salary every month, regardless of whether its school holidays or not!

A day in the life:

You will become an integral part of the school, managing the kitchen team, preparing, cooking and serving lunches for young people and school staff, ensuring an engaging and interactive dining experience for all.

Our central team will support you in managing food safety, health and safety and food allergens whilst our dedicated menu, promotions and compliance teams will provide you with menu cycles, special diet menus and promotional posters giving you time to focus on food.

Our electronic tablet will provide you with access to our kitchen management system and act as a communication tool providing you with regular updates and keeping paperwork to a minimum.

What are we looking for from you?

You will have previous experience working in a busy kitchen environment with an organised approach, alongside a good understanding of the food industry, costs and working to a set budget.

A passion for delivering fantastic customer service is essential, and we will be looking for you to demonstrate strong communication skills with an adaptable approach to work.

Alongside this, we are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and who share our core values:

• We care completely.
• We collaborate proactively.
• We act with integrity.
• We pursue better.
• We make it happen.

Why work for Norse Catering?

It’s important to us that we give you the confidence and knowledge to perform your role to the best of your ability. We provide access to award-winning training so our residents get the best care, and you have the tools for fantastic self-development, giving you ownership of your career. We want you to succeed!

An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. For details of our DBS policy relating to the recruitment of ex-offenders.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination.