Chef

Impact Food Group; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

A catering service provider for schools is seeking a Chef at Beacon Primary Academy in Loughborough. The role involves preparing main meals and snacks for over 200 children using fresh seasonal ingredients. You will work Monday to Friday, 8am-2pm, throughout term time. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and development, ensuring a positive impact on children's eating habits. A trade test is required, and an enhanced DBS check will be performed by the employer.

Benefits

Free qualifications and career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Experience cooking for a volume of 200 or more.
• Ability to assist with meal preparation and snacks.

Responsibilities

• Assist the onsite Chef Manager with meal preparation.
• Cook using fresh seasonal ingredients and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen.

Skills

Cooking with fresh seasonal ingredients

Counter service

Keeping kitchen clean

Job description

Are you looking for that next step in your career, then you've come to the right place!

Impact Food Group is made up of 3 brands, Innovate, Cucina and Chapter One, we specialise in providing an exceptional catering service to the education sector and are Catey award winning!

We are looking for People who are devoted to great service, fantastic food, and making a positive impact.

About the role

Job Title: Chef

School Location: Beacon Primary Academy, Loughborough, LE11 2NF

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 8am-2pm (30hours per week)

Working Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

Pay Details: £17,402.10 per Annum

What will I be doing?

• Assisting the onsite Chef Manager with the preparation of the main meals and snacks for the site
• Working using fresh seasonal ingredients cooking for a volume of (200+)
• May include some counter service / till work
• Keeping the kitchen and restaurant areas in a clean and tidy state at all times.

We’renot going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

We’reopen to people from all industry backgrounds, in fact, we pride ourselves on having restaurant-quality chefs in our secondary schools. We’renot in the business of making school food, we’rehere to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

So maybe you fancy having your weekends back, school holidays off, no more late nights and split shifts?

We’llgive you a place to grow and a career to be proud of. Our chefs love building rapport with the students and helpingthem explore different cuisines, with us, you’llbe building the foundations of a positive attitude to food for life.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had andwe’vegot a staff discount scheme (at over850 retailers!)

If you thinkyou’vegot what it takes,we’dlove to hear from you!

A trade test will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are requiredtoundergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG supply the cost for.

We area committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail withinyourapplication. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.