Chef Manager

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Holroyd Howe Full time

Company Description

Role: Chef Manager

Location: Home Counties / West London Borders

Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum

Why Join Us?

  • Competitive salary
  • Term-time only position (38 weeks plus 4.1 weeks holiday)
  • Monday to Friday schedule
  • Lead a dedicated kitchen team and oversee daily catering operations
  • Manage stock, ordering, and cost control to ensure efficient operations
  • Innovate and enhance school menus, providing fresh, nutritious meals
  • Support and deliver high-quality school functions and events

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Chef Manager with a background in exceptional food catering services to join us at one of our highly prestigious education settings. This prestigious independent school caters for day pupils and operates 5 days a week.

If you are passionate about creating delicious dining experiences that fuel young minds and ignite taste buds, then this is the perfect opportunity to bring your expertise to our table.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled Chef Manager to make a name for themselves within the food service industry and be a part of setting the new standard for education catering. You will also play a key role in school functions and events, working closely with staff to provide exceptional catering services.

If you are looking for a fulfilling role in a supportive school environment, we would love to hear from you.

Job Description

  • Take full responsibility for the catering operation, ensuring the seamless delivery of high-quality meals for students and staff.
  • Lead the menu development process, creating fresh, nutritious, and innovative meal options.
  • Manage supplier relationships, ensuring quality products and timely deliveries.
  • Oversee stock control, maintaining inventory levels and ensuring waste reduction.
  • Ensure cost efficiency through effective budgeting, forecasting, and managing resources.
  • Deliver an exceptional dining experience for students and staff, ensuring customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

  • Level 3 Culinary Qualification (or equivalent)
  • Proven experience in catering management or similar senior chef role, ideally in a school or large-scale catering environment
  • Strong understanding of menu planning and nutritional requirements for young people
  • Excellent knowledge of stock management and cost control
  • Familiarity with food safety and hygiene regulations, including HACCP
  • Ability to lead, motivate, and develop a team
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work well with students, staff, and suppliers
  • A passion for food and creating innovative, delicious dining experiences
  • First Aid and Food Hygiene Level 3 certification (desirable but not essential)

Additional Information

Holroyd Howe is one of the UK's leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

To provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their jobs, we invest in their training and development. Our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

We pride ourselves on:

Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our thinking; always mindful of the ethics of our sourcing and how we prepare our meals.

Nutrition
We take nutrition seriously and understand the impact a healthy diet has on the fundamental years of development. Meals are always freshly prepared from scratch and packed with nutritious ingredients.

Food Innovation
We offer a wide portfolio of training opportunities and experiences, which attracts chefs who are passionate about culinary excellence and menu innovation to our team. From tasting tables, theme days and food theatre, to chef demonstrations and supplier showcases, we create engaging and fun dining experiences for our students. We work together to make mealtimes exploratory, quirky, and fun for our pupils, helping them build strong and healthy relationships with food.

Holroyd Howe is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all employees to share this commitment. All roles within Holroyd Howe are regarded as regulated activity, it is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children, therefore we will require an Enhanced DBS which includes a Barred List check for all successful applicants. We will also require shortlisted applicants to provide appropriate information regarding any criminal offences and shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online search of publicly available information on suitability to work with children.

This appointment is offered on the return of satisfactory professional references.

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