Chef Manager

Chef / Kitchen Manager with good kitchen, cooking and/or catering experience, organisation skills and excellent understanding of food hygiene and kitchen health and safety is required for Avanti Court Primary School, part of Avanti Schools Trust, based in Barkingside, Ilford, Essex.

SALARY: £13.50 per hour + Benefits

LOCATION: Barkingside, Ilford, Essex (IG6)

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent (Term Time Only)

WORKING HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Chef / Kitchen Manager with good kitchen, cooking and/or catering experience, organisation skills and excellent understanding of food hygiene and kitchen health and safety.

As the Chef / Kitchen Manager you will be responsible for overseeing the school's kitchen operations, preparing all types of food and ensuring accurate and timely completion of all areas of administration associated with the provision of the services.

The catering service is all about precise, beautifully designed and nourishing menus. They cater for a healthy vegetarian diet, and provide food that is good for the body, mind and soul. Feel good food that genuinely uplifts you, the catering service currently provide over 4000 meals daily nationwide and support over 9 schools. Their menus are designed by nutritional experts who understand the blend between satisfying children's tastes and providing them with essential food types for their growth and development.

This is an exciting opportunity for the Chef / Kitchen Manager to get involved in an ever-evolving team of food enthusiasts to help spread this delicious and nourishing food far and wide

DUTIES

Your duties as a Chef / Kitchen Manager will include:

• Operate within a team of permanent, part time and flexible staff in the unit, ensuring that the food service is successfully delivered consistently to the required standard daily
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of all areas of administration associated with the provision of the services, as directed by the Operation Manager. This includes stock taking, HACCP / Safety records, and production planning wastage, wastage records and reduction
• Liaise and co-operate with the Manager or other unit chefs, to produce all meals in line with specification

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Kitchen experience
• Understanding of food hygiene and kitchen health and safety
• Good organisational skills
• The ability to work unsupervised in a busy environment
• Ability to work in a group and independently
• Ability to follow strict instructions in a systematic and consistent manner

BENEFITS

• Fantastic working environment
• A strong vision of Educational Excellence, Character Formation and Spiritual Insight
• Great opportunities for professional development
• NEST pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
• O2 discounts
• NUS Card
• Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Access to multiple well-being programmes
• Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes

Plus many more

Pre-employment checks

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

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JOB REF: AWDO-P12093

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