Senior Kitchen Chef: Food Safety & Menu Leader

Aramark; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Aramark Ireland is seeking a Kitchen Manager to support the Chef Manager/Catering Manager in leading the kitchen brigade and delivering consistently high food standards across all sections onsite.

You will oversee hygiene, menu costings, stock control and staff performance, ensuring compliance with HACCP, health and safety legislation, and company policies while maintaining strong client relationships and a culture of service excellence.

Qualifications

• To maintain food hygiene, service & presentation (HACCP & Health & Safety Legislation)
• To aid with menu planning and menu costings to corroborate the budgeted Gross Profit Margin is achieved eliminating waste where possible.
• To accommodate food orders conforming to company purchasing policy, ensuring that only suppliers from the approved supplier list are used.
• To fully familiarise yourself with all company policies and procedures and to ensure the daily implementation of same to guarantee Food Safety and Hygiene are maintained in the kitchen and associated areas in line with current legislation.
• To make certain that any Food Safety/Quality records assigned to you are being carried out daily within the kitchen and related areas, without exception.
• To maintain a high standard of hygiene in respect of premises and self.
• To be responsible for the performance of the team to deliver the top of the line food for our clients.
• To share responsibility with the Chef Manager/Catering Manager for the checking, probing, and signing of all food deliveries to ensure that only the highest standards of produce is accepted into the unit.
• To verify that food presentation is innovative, and at the required temperature with temperatures recorded on the appropriate charts.
• To assist with carrying out stock takes as appropriate.
• To review the kitchen hazard list every week with the Chef Manager/Catering Manager.
• To maintain good communications and working relationships with your client, customers, and all staff.
• As a member of our team you are equally responsible for cleaning and hygiene and that any assigned daily and weekly cleaning duties are carried out to standard.
• To carry out any reasonable task which assists with the service, food preparation, hygiene and other matters pertaining to the efficiency of the kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chef Manager/Catering Manager with leadership and management of the kitchen brigade.
• Ensure consistently high standards of food delivery and kitchen management across all sections onsite.
• Oversee daily hygiene, safety, and quality records in line with legislation.
• Assist with stock takes, ordering, and supplier compliance with approved lists.

Skills

Food Hygiene

HACCP & safety

Menu planning

Stock control

Team leadership

Quality assurance

Job description

Aramark Ireland is seeking a Kitchen Manager to support the Chef Manager/Catering Manager in leading the kitchen brigade and delivering consistently high food standards across all sections onsite.

You will oversee hygiene, menu costings, stock control and staff performance, ensuring compliance with HACCP, health and safety legislation, and company policies while maintaining strong client relationships and a culture of service excellence.