Relief Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Eltham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company in Eltham is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to oversee kitchen operations. The role involves cooking from scratch, managing a team, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and technical cooking skills, with a focus on fresh ingredients. Enjoy a balanced work schedule with daytime hours, weekends off, and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Uniform provided

Career development opportunities

Discounts at over 850 retailers

Monthly shopping voucher opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff.
• Experience in managing kitchen teams and operations.
• Ability to maintain high standards in challenging environments.

Responsibilities

• Cooking from the menu from scratch.
• Managing a full kitchen team and ordering produce.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety standards.
• Financially accountable for the unit's profitability.
• Maintaining food safety and hygiene compliance.

Skills

Leadership skills

Technical cooking skills

Organizational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Food hygiene knowledge

Education

Food hygiene and food preparation qualifications

Job description

This is a mobile position and will require a full valid UK driving licence. Duties Include:

• Cooking from our amazing menu from scratch
• Managing a full kitchen team, ordering produce
• Responsible for health and safety
• Financially accountable for the unit attaining its GP/COGs
• Maintaining a high level of food safety and hygiene compliance, ensuring the service runs smoothly and due diligence is adhered to

Requirements

• Proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff
• Technical cooking skills
• Ability to work in challenging environments while maintaining high standards
• Organisational and administrative skills
• Food hygiene and food preparation qualifications

Background

We’re open to people with great cooking and people management skills. You will be an experienced Chef Manager, used to cooking using fresh seasonal ingredients at volume, managing your kitchen and liaising directly with onsite clients.

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards.

So maybe you fancy working somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, and with your weekends and evenings free? Not to mention all school holidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work‑life balance.

As an added bonus a free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform) We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of. There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers! We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers.