Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing catering company in Aylesbury is seeking an experienced Chef Manager to oversee kitchen operations at The Kingsbrook School. The role involves managing a kitchen team, ensuring high food quality, and collaborating with onsite clients. Working hours are Monday to Friday, 7am to 4:30pm, with pay at £35,000 per year and generous benefits, including free meals during shifts and holidays off, promoting a great work-life balance. Join us in creating better food for children.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

IFG uniform

Company pension

Discount scheme at over 850 retailers

Bonus potential of up to 10%

Qualifications

• Experienced Chef Manager with skills in managing kitchen operations.
• Ability to cook with fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Strong people management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Head up the kitchen team and manage daily operations.
• Ensure high food quality and safety standards are met.
• Liaise directly with onsite clients and manage service delivery.

Skills

Cooking skills

People management

Experience in volume cooking

Client liaison

Job description

Welcome to IFG, we are one of the fastest growing, education catering companies in the country and were recently awarded Education Caterer of the year at the Foodservice Catey Awards. IFG is has 4 amazing brands, Cucina, Innovate, Hutchison & Chapter One.

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.

The role…

Job Details

• Job Title: ChefManager
• School Location: The Kingsbrook School, HP22
• Working Days: Monday to Friday
• Shifts & Working hours: 7am-4.30pm (45 hours per week)
• Working Weeks: 42 weeks per year (term time, inset days and 3 additional weeks)
• Pay Details: £35,000 per year
• Benefits: Bonus potential of up to 10% of salary (Company's discretion)

Benefits

• Free meals on shift & IFG uniform
• Company pension and other great IFG benefits

Your Background…

We’re open to people with great cooking and people management skills. You will be an experienced Chef Manager, used to cooking using fresh seasonal ingredients at volume, managing your kitchen and liaising directly with onsite clients.

As manager you will head up the team, making sure service runs smoothly and that all due diligence is adhered to.

We’renot in the business of making school food, we’re here to make good food, after all, that’s why our clients and customers love us!

What’s in it for me?

So maybe you fancy working somewhere close to home, with daytime hours, and with your weekends and evenings free?

Not to mention all school holidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance.

As an added bonus a free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform)

We’ll give you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be had and we’ve got a staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers!

We also run monthly opportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers...

Next steps…

If you thinkyou’vegot what it takes, and the times above suit you,we’d love to hear from you!

An interview and kitchen visit will be required for this role.

IFG are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG will pay for.

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