Support Chef Manager - Kent and Surrey

Compass Group UK; England; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering service in the United Kingdom is seeking a Support Chef Manager to oversee operations in Kent and Surrey. The role involves collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality food experiences, managing kitchen operations, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. The ideal candidate will be passionate about food and customer service, with strong communication and supervisory skills. Compensation includes a salary up to £37,000 and benefits such as mileage allowance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Mileage/travel allowance

NEST pension scheme

Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Consistent training and development

Excellent work/life balance

Qualifications

• Passionate about food and customer service.
• A fantastic communicator and team player.
• Financially astute with necessary training.
• Craft background with relevant qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Support and train onsite teams.
• Maintain smooth running of the kitchen.
• Produce food using fresh ingredients.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Manage menu planning and food costing.

Skills

Food passion

Communication skills

Supervisory skills

Financial acumen

Education

Culinary qualifications or experience

Job description

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Support Chef Manager covering Kent and Surrey to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children.

As a Support Chef, you will be working in a passionate and hard-working team to create an outstanding experience for our school.

In return we offer an excellent work life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children. At Pabulum, you’re important; without our employees we wouldn’t be where we are today with such a strong, innovative, and constantly growing business.

With over 120 sites across Southern England there’s plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop. We are now seeking a talented Support Chef to join our fantastic team!

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Working together with our onsite teams to provide support and training
• Supporting our portfolio of schools to maintain the smooth running of the kitchen
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch, and following the companies brand standards
• To comply with all Company policies and regulations in respect of health, safety, and environmental management at work and to ensure the highest standards of kitchen practice and hygiene
• Take responsibility for menu planning, production levels, food costing, ordering and stock control, as appropriate.

Our ideal Support Chef will be:

• Passionate about food and great customer service
• A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team. Good communication skills throughout our customer and client journey are a must, with excellent supervisory skills being the real key to managing, developing, and motivating a team.
• You will need to be financially astute, but we’ll make sure you receive full training in all our processes and software systems to help you.
• A craft background with qualifications/experience to match.

Role details and benefits include:

• We are offering a salary of up to £37,000 per annum.
• Mileage/travel allowance
• Monday - Friday 40 hours a week
• Excellent work/life balance due to term time only contract
• NEST pension scheme
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
• Consistent training and development

At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role.

• The food - Here at Pabulum, we take our values so seriously that we put Education, Passion, Sensation, and Innovation forefront of everything we do. 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods.
• The people - Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience.
• And you - We are recruiting for a Support Chef to join our positive and professional team.

As you will be working in Education, you must provide two employment/character references, and we’ll also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check as well (which we’ll pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family?

Please apply online via the advert

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!