Senior Chef - 7-3Pm Monday To Friday (Term Time Only)

Thomas Franks Ltd; Royton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Job summary

Thomas Franks Ltd in Bolton is seeking a Senior Chef to join our onsite team. This full‑time role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7:00–15:00, with some weekend events.

You will lead kitchen operations, plan menus using fresh seasonal ingredients, and ensure brand standards are met. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a fast-paced catering environment, strong leadership, and solid food hygiene and customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience with fresh ingredients and cooking from scratch.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced catering environment.
• Knowledge of brand standards and menu execution.
• Strong emphasis on hygiene and allergen controls.

Responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the company’s brand standards.
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Great team player

Skills

Genuine interest in food

Excellent customer service

Team player

Organised

Attention to detail

Verbal English

Written English

Catering in fast-paced env

Job description

Senior Chef - 7-3pm Monday to Friday (Term time only)

Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: 24070
Hours: 37.5 (7-3pm Monday to Friday) per week

A private day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It comprises a co-educational nursery, co-educational infant school, single sex junior schools and single sex senior schools including sixth forms. Catering for 2850 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Mid morning break with full lunch offering including grab & go. There is lots of hospitality offerings at this location. Operating predominantly Monday to Friday with exceptions for events etc on some weekends. There is plenty of free parking in the vicinity of the school.

We are looking for a talented Senior Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Bolton.

If you are a current Head chef or Sous Chef working with fresh ingredients and in a fast paced environment then please apply today.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities:

• To work well in a team, providing lunch & hospitality.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Great team player

You will have the following skills:

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Why Join Us?

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Free on-site parking

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.