Executive Chef Manager

Compass Group UK; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company is looking for an Executive Chef Manager in Sidcup to create exceptional food experiences at a local school. Responsibilities include managing kitchen operations, training staff, and ensuring high standards for food quality and customer service. This full-time position offers a competitive salary of £40,000, a term-time only contract providing an excellent work/life balance, holiday pay, and a NEST pension scheme.

Benefits

Holiday pay

NEST pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Consistent training and development

Unlock discount membership

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as an Executive Chef or Chef Manager.
• Experience in managing supplier ordering and weekly stock taking.
• Excellent record of kitchen management.

Responsibilities

• Prepare delicious food in a school environment.
• Manage kitchen health & safety and staff training.
• Control budget and minimise wastage.

Skills

Leadership

Kitchen management

Food preparation

Customer service

Budget control

Job description

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for an **Executive Chef Manager** to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at **Blackfen School for Girls**.

As Executive Chef Manager you will be working in a passionate and hard‑working team to create an outstanding experience for our school. In return we offer an excellent work life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare our delicious food.
• Manage kitchen health & safety, training & development and keep up‑to‑date unit bookwork.
• Receive and manage food deliveries and storage.
• Develop great working relationships with clients, team and customers to grow the catering contract.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven work experience as an Executive Chef / Chef Manager in a busy secondary school or similar.
• Plan and prepare daily menus.
• Passionate about food and providing great customer service.
• Manage kitchen staff to maintain high standards.
• Experience in managing supplier ordering and weekly stock taking.
• Adhere to recipes, plate presentation and cooking standards.
• Train kitchen staff on preparation methods, portion sizes and presentation standards.
• Control budget and minimise wastage.
• Ensure kitchen operations meet health and safety standards.
• Monitor the quality of products and services provided.
• Resolve customer queries promptly and professionally.
• Understand various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures.
• Have an excellent record of kitchen management.
• Spot and resolve problems efficiently.
• Demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills.

Role Details & Benefits

• £40,000 per annum
• 40 hours a week
• Monday to Friday
• Excellent work/life balance due to term time only contract (44 weeks per year)
• Holiday pay
• NEST pension scheme
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
• Consistent training and development
• Unlock - discount membership

Three ingredients for your role

• The food – 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods.
• The people – Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.
• And you – We are recruiting for a Chef Manager to join our positive and professional team.

As you will be working in Education, you must provide two employment / character references and we will also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check (which we will pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family?

Please apply online.