Lead Cook

WSH Group; Newbury; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A catering service provider is seeking a Chef Manager in Newbury to oversee food operations in a school. This full-time role offers a flexible schedule, working term-time only. Responsibilities include food preparation, managing health and safety compliance, and team training. Ideal candidates will have strong culinary skills and experience in kitchen management.

Benefits

Blended learning program including formal qualifications

Employee Discount Platform for various services

Access to Wellbeing Services and Employee Assistance Program

Eligibility for Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a kitchen and food service operations.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety standards in food preparation.
• Ability to lead and train a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present food according to standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage day-to-day operations including budget monitoring and inventory management.
• Act as the main contact for the client and implement improvements.
• Support and train team members to excel in their roles.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Restaurant Experience

Food Preparation Experience

Kitchen Experience

Hotel Experience

Cooking

Baking

Sanitation

Knife Skills

Job description

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at St. Josephs Catholic Primary School Newbury 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 so is great for those looking for flexibility.

The role

• 14.00 per hour
• 30 hours per week working Monday Friday
• Term-time only working 38 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 companys reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and 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 make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed

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

Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Additional Information

There are many advantages to working for us including

• 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 cinema 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 Programand 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 Pensionscheme

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Culinary Experience,Food Handling,Restaurant Experience,Food Preparation Experience,Kitchen Experience,Hotel Experience,Taleo,Cake Decorating,Cooking,Baking,Sanitation,Knife Skills

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1