National Relief Chef Manager

BM Caterers

South Marston

On-site

GBP 42,000 - 58,000

Full time

39 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual birthday day off

Masterclasses with Michelin-starredChe

Fully funded development courses

Cycle-to-work scheme

Free lunch

Job summary

bartlett mitchell is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to oversee multi-site catering operations across the UK. You will lead kitchen teams, maintain food quality and client relations, and ensure seamless service from site to site.

In this relief role, you’ll manage budgets, drive GP, recruit and develop staff, and deliver innovative menus while upholding the highest hygiene and health-and-safety standards across all contracts.

Qualifications

Experience in managing contract catering operations across multiple sites.
Proven ability to drive GP and manage budgets while delivering high-quality service.

Responsibilities

Run the contract and liaise with the client to ensure customer satisfaction.
Recruit, train and motivate your team across sites.
Manage budgets, weekly reports and stock counts; forecast accurately.

Skills

People management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Food safety knowledge

Education

City & Guilds 706 1 and 2

Job description

We’re a multi award-winning contract catering company, with a team of trained foodies serving over 45,500 satisfied customers every day. We now have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chef Manager to join our team.

This is a Relief Chef Manager position to work 5 days out of 7 days (40 hours per week), covering multiple sites across the UK. Driving is essential, and travel expenses will be reimbursed.

This is a management role so you will be responsible for the running of the contract, liaising with the client to make sure that all of the customers enjoy the food and service at site, and you will be responsible for recruiting, training and motivating your team.

You will also be expected to manage the budget, complete various weekly reports and stock counts, as well as ensuring that you and your team achieve GP and budgets every week. This will require good planning and organising skills, in-depth knowledge of contract catering so that you can forecast accurately, plus the drive and commitment to deliver innovative food and service each and every day – something which sets bartlett mitchell apart from other contract caterers.

We know that you will be proud of your standards in hygiene, food safety and compliance. You will want to brief your teams, support your team and find new ways of bringing our fundamentally foodies values into the site. You will be a great manager and chef who can produce outstanding food – you’ll be inspired by the ingredients you work with to create seasonal, balanced and nutritious menus.

Being a part of our culture of learning is important here at bartlett mitchell. That’s why you’ll attend our forums and Academy workshops to keep up-to-date with food innovation. Being in the kitchen regularly doesn’t mean you won’t see your customers. We expect you to interact regularly with the people who enjoy our food – to measure success and gain inspiration for new ideas and to maximise sales with our concepts and innovations.

Ideally you will be educated to a City & Guilds 706 1 and 2, NVQ or have equivalent skills and experience and hold a Food Safety qualification at Level 3 as a minimum, with Health Safety at Level 2. You must also have an excellent knowledge of Food Safety Management System requirements as well as COSHH.

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