Culinary Director

3 days ago


Wokingham, Wokingham, United Kingdom Compass UK & Ireland Full time
Job Title: Culinary Director

The successful candidate will be responsible for creating exceptional food experiences for Chartwells on a part-time basis, contracted to 30 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities:
• Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our clients and customers.
• Identifying opportunities to improve our food service.
• Creating a positive kitchen environment where your team feel welcomed and supported.
• Delivering our tasty food concepts to our customers.
• Representing Compass Group UK&I and maintaining a positive brand image.
• Ordering food, looking after stock control and controlling food waste.
• Overseeing kitchen cleaning responsibilities to maintain hygiene standards.
• Managing budgets and successfully meeting financial targets.
• Complying with Food Handling & Hygiene standards.

About Us:
Chartwells is the leading provider of catering and support services to the education sector. For over a quarter of a century, Chartwells has been focusing on helping those in education to build strong bodies, sharp minds and lead long healthy lives. Every week, Chartwells serves millions of nutritious and delicious meals to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools, academies, independent schools, colleges, and universities across the UK. Chartwells is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and a Children's Barred List check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and we ask applicants to declare all previous convictions and cautions in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

What We Offer:
We are 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. Because diversity is our strength.

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