Head Chef

Aramark; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark UK is seeking a Head Chef to oversee kitchen operations at Polaris House, ensuring food quality and cost efficiency. The role offers a full-time position with numerous benefits, including career development opportunities, free meals, and discounts. Ideal candidates will possess culinary qualifications and experience in a similar environment.

Benefits

Free meals on duty

On-site parking

Access to MyStaffShop discounts

Life assurance and pension contributions

Generous holiday entitlement

Apprenticeship schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar educational environment.
• Clean Enhanced DBS required.
• Proactive with a willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Train and lead kitchen staff, ensuring quality in food presentation.
• Provide ongoing food quality training and safety awareness.
• Maintain staff records and manage operational excellence.

Skills

Culinary Skills

Leadership

Food Safety

Education

NVQ Levels 1 & 2 in culinary skills

Job description

Your Aramark journey starts here

Aramark UK are currently recruiting a Head Chef to join our team working at Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1ET

You will be responsible for the kitchen operation, cost efficiency and production of innovative quality food/menus in line with agreed budgets to improve sales.

Aramark UK are making a work life balance achievable whilst still working in hospitality, cultivating your culinary career with a world leading organisation. Aramark provides world-class contract catering services to our extensive list of clients across the UK, including Defence and Judicial, private industry and Education. We are very lucky to have some of the best Culinary and Catering talent that the UK has to offer working within our teams.

What we offer

• This is a full-time position, 40 hours per week,Mon-Friday, Total working weeks 52.178 for the year. Shift between 07:00 and 15:30. The annual salary is £30,749.54
• Free meals on duty, parking on-site.
• You will have access to MyStaffShop - which includes 100's of discounts, including savings on your weekly supermarket shop and weekend treats.
• We also offer a company package including life assurance, pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy more, and many more perks.
• You will also be joining a great team, with fabulous career prospect and could lead to all sorts of opportunities - we LOVE to promote from within.We are passionate about developing our people and over training and development. We also offer apprenticeship schemes, so that your learning journey can continue.

A day in the life of a Head Chef

• Trains and leads culinary and kitchen employees to use standard methodology food production technique andensure quality in final presentation of food.
• Provides ongoing mentoring on food production and food quality and training with respect to safety awareness. Rewards and recognises employees.
• Maintainsall staff records including training records, shift opening/closing checklists and performance data. Computer literate. Multi-tasking as well as ability to simplify the agenda for the team. is essential.
• Identifies the training needs of staff and carriesout the relevant training in new procedures, methods of working or use of new equipment and cleaning products. Implement any new company policy decisions and train staff accordingly.
• Capability to developinnovative solutions in the most financially efficient way possible.
• Develops and maintains effective client and customer rapport for mutually beneficial business relationship. Aggregates and communicates regional culinary and ingredient trends.
• Empowers team to deliver excellence in customer service. Investigates concerns and respond to needs relating to the catering service and takes corrective action.
• Full compliance with Operational Excellence fundamentals: managing waste, standard menus, recipes and ingredients through handling customer driven menus and labour standards. Understands end to end supply chain and procurement process and systems, ensures only authorised suppliers are used. We Also Self cover, so learning the back-office work is essential.

You will be set up for success if you have:

• NVQ Levels 1 & 2 in culinary skills.
• Clean Enhanced DBS.
• Experience in a similar educational environment.
• Can do attitude with a willingness to learn. Proactive in attitude.

If this role appeals to you, then apply now and show us the value you will bring.

Job Reference 579334

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Aramark is a leading service and solutions provider in Northern Europe. We proudly support clients, partners and customers in food, facilities management, property services, and retail solutions. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com

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