Caterlink - Chef Manager

We are hiring for a Chef Manager at All Saints ER Primary School, Merton who wants to ensure our future generations are provided with nutritionally balanced and tasty food. This role is working term-time only and no weekends so is great for those looking for flexibility.

The role:

- From £15.00 per hour
- 25 hours per week working Monday – Friday
- Term-time only – working 39 weeks per year

Your key responsibilities will include:

- To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client
- To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures
- To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded
- To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans
- To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented
- Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved
- Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed

Caterlink strives to always provide a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for all our teams where every individual is treated with respect, integrity and has the opportunity to grow and be treated equally and with fairness at all times.
Caterlink is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be obtained for this role.

Responsibilities

To prepare, cook and present food to the standards required by Caterlink and the client; To ensure that the location meets statutory and company requirements of Health and Safety, Food Safety and environmental legislations and procedures; To ensure that the company’s reputation for excellent food and service is enhanced with the client and customers and expectations are consistently exceeded; To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the location and supervising teams including managing inventories, monitoring budgets, and implementing action plans; To be the main point of contact for our client in your school ensuring that regular adjustments and improvements are both recommended and implemented; Communicating regularly with your line manager to monitor KPIs and financial targets to ensure these are achieved; Supporting and training our teams, leading from the front to make sure everyone can excel in their role by ensuring all training is completed and performance is managed

Requirements

Previous experience of cooking for up to 280 meals per day; Enhanced DBS disclosure; Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults

Benefits

Blended learning programme including formal qualifications, apprenticeships, classroom training, eLearning and on the job training; Access to Employee Discount Platform with savings at supermarkets, cinema, restaurants, holidays, family days out; Access to Wellbeing Services including Employee Assistance Program and Virtual GP benefits free of charge for employee and family; Eligibility to join Pension scheme; Term-time only and no weekends offering flexibility