Chef

Centra; Little Island; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Centra in Little Island (County Cork) is seeking a Chef to oversee the food production area, ensuring efficient operation and delivering excellent products to customers.

The ideal candidate has supervisory experience, strong HACCP/food safety knowledge, and the ability to lead, train and develop the team while managing stock, costs, and budgets in a fast-paced fresh-food environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year supervisory experience desirable.
• 2 years experience with fresh food.
• Experience achieving sales targets and KPIs.
• Fully trained in HACCP and food safety.
• Experience ordering for deli and waste management.
• Stocktaking experience.
• Ability to roster and adhere to budgets.
• Passion for the food industry; creative with fresh offering.
• Customer-focused; build loyal customer base.
• Inspire and lead staff through development.

Responsibilities

• Actively live Centra brand-values: Proud, Energetic, Imaginative, Community-Based.
• Cook, prepare and display the food throughout the day.
• Oversee and ensure the smooth running of food production operations.
• Carry out stock takes and cost price for product and portion control.
• Assess how the work is organised and delegate accordingly.
• Finish all orders to the highest standard.
• Attend regular management meetings and drive continuous improvement.
• Assist in induction, training and development of staff in the food production area.
• Attend training or development programmes as directed by store management.

Skills

Supervisor experience

Fresh food handling

KPI awareness

HACCP and food safety

Stocktaking

Costing and portion control

Staff rostering

Leadership

Customer focus

Team motivation

Job description

Main purpose of the role:

Ensure the food production area operates efficiently and effectively at all times and provide our customers with excellent products.

Job Ref

54309

Job Title

Chef

Job Type

Full time

Location

Little Island

Salary

On Application

Closing Date For Applications

30-09-2026

Job Description

Ensure the food production area operates efficiently and effectively at all times and provide our customers with excellent products.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have/be

• 1 years€,, experience in a Supervisor/Manager role is desirable
• 2 years` experience in a role with an indept experience to fresh food
• Experience in successfully achieving sales targets and KPIs
• Fully trained in HACCP and food safety, and has experience in meeting the HACCP and food safety requirements
• Experience in ordering for deli departments and managing waste within a fresh food department
• Stocktaking experience
• Ability to roster and adhere to budgets
• Have a true passion for the food industry and, as such, be creative and innovative with the fresh offering
• Customer focused and can build a quality and loyal customer base
• The ability to inspire, lead and motivate employees through support and development.

Main duties

• Actively live Centra brand-values i.e. Proud, Energetic, Imaginative and Community-Based
• Cook, prepare and display the food throughout the day
• Oversee and ensure the smooth running of food production operations
• Carry out stock takes and work out the cost price for product and portion control
• Assess how the work is organised and delegate accordingly
• Finish all orders to the highest standard
• Attend regular management meetings as required and work to implement a programme of continuous improvement in line with these meeting actions
• Assist in the induction, training and development of staff in the food production area
• Attend any training or development programmes as directed by store management.

Please note that the start and finish times stated are only an approximate