Catering Manager jobs in United Kingdom

Join ESS and play a key role in shaping outstanding food, retail, and customer experiences across multiple dynamic locations. If you’re a passionate culinary professional with a flair for operational excellence, this is your opportunity to lead, innovate, and make a real impact.

Must be Culinary Trained

• Lead and support catering & retail teams across all sites
• Deliver training, develop talent, and elevate food standards
• Launch and embed new food offers, menus, and retail innovations
• Drive safety, service excellence, sales growth & profitability
• Build strong client relationships and support contract retention
• Monitor food service delivery to ensure consistency and quality
• Use dashboards, EPOS & Nexus to forecast, optimise and improve performance
• Manage stock, merchandising, promotions, and brand compliance
• Champion Health & Wellbeing and Supply Chain initiatives

• Professional Cookery Level 3 (or equivalent)
• Strong multi-site catering/retail experience
• Outstanding culinary capability & passion for great food
• Skilled trainer, mentor and motivator of chef teams
• Confident presenter with excellent communication
• Financial acumen: costings, margins, forecasting
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work independently
• Microsoft Office competency

We ensure you're rewarded for all your hard work, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Grow your career with our Career Pathways and MyLearning programmes
• Quick access for you and your immediate family to a Digital GP, and wider healthcare benefits
• Exclusive travel discounts with TUI, Expedia, Booking.com and many more
• Save money on your food shop with discounts on Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and many more
• Up to 44% off cinema tickets to enjoy your favourite blockbuster
• Receive cash rewards every time you spend and use them on a wide range of brands
• Un-wind with us with free wellness, mindfulness and exercise classes
• You can share all discounts and offers with your friends and families

Part of Compass Group UK&I, ESS is the Defence, Government, and Energy services sector of Compass Group UK & Ireland. We support 250+ UK military establishments, high profile police, secure environments and government sites, along with a range of onshore and offshore facilities including platforms, drilling rigs, floatels and offices for the energy sector. We know that a friendly face makes all the difference, so we look for people who are passionate about delivering excellent customer service, at all levels, to join our teams.

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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!