Education Catering Account Manager - Bournemouth

James Webber Recruitment; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an Education Catering Account Manager in Bournemouth. The role involves working closely with schools to design customized menus that meet allergen requirements and promote healthy eating. The ideal candidate will have over three years of culinary or catering experience, ideally in an educational setting. Responsibilities include training kitchen staff and ensuring that meals adhere to government guidelines. A salary of £35,000 is offered along with various benefits, including a fuel card and opportunities for career advancement.

Benefits

Fuel card

Monday-Friday working hours

Opportunities to develop and progress

Qualifications

• 3+ years of previous culinary or catering experience required.
• Ability to motivate and train kitchen staff effectively.
• Experience in an educational catering context is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work with schools to create bespoke menus and meals.
• Identify children with allergies and tailor meals accordingly.
• Design menus following government guidelines and allergen checks.
• Promote healthy eating practices in accordance with governmental food guidelines.
• Train and assess kitchen staff on culinary skills.

Skills

Ability to develop and empower others

Culinary / catering experience

Experience in target setting

Catering experience in an educational setting

Job description

Overview

Education Catering Account Manager - Bournemouth

The Package / Benefits / Opportunities :

• Salary £35,000
• Fuel card
• Monday-Friday
• Great opportunities to develop and progress.

Main Responsibilities

• Actively work with schools to produce bespoke menus and meals.
• Identify, through the information given by the school, any children with allergies.
• To create new and exciting bespoke menus, specific to allergen requirements at each school and for every pupil.
• To design and deliver menus in accordance with government guidelines.
• To ensure that all menus produced are fully allergen checked.
• To effectively demonstrate the use of the freshest ingredients to cook restaurant quality meals in schools.
• To promote the ethos of healthy eating and provide nutritionally balanced, wholesome food in accordance with government food guidelines.
• Assess and develop kitchen staffs cookery skills through use of best practice training, demonstration, and advice.

Desirable Skills

• Ability to develop and empower others appropriately using a range of motivational skills.
• Previous culinary / catering experience (3+ years).
• Experience of target setting and performance measurement.
• Catering experience in an educational setting.