Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company is seeking a Chef Manager for a new school in Lewisham. This role involves overseeing kitchen operations and ensuring high-quality food service using fresh, seasonal ingredients. With a work schedule from Monday to Friday and school holidays off, you can enjoy a great work-life balance. The role offers a salary of £38,000 per year, along with additional benefits such as a bonus potential, free meals, a pension plan, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Bonus potential of up to 10%

Free meals on shift

Company pension

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experienced Chef Manager with a strong focus on fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Ability to manage a team and liaise with onsite clients.
• Knowledge of food safety and due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Head the kitchen team and ensure smooth service.
• Manage food preparation using fresh ingredients.
• Ensure compliance with food safety regulations.

Skills

Cooking skills

People management

Kitchen management

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 feedmorechildren better food.

The role…

Job Title: ChefManager

School Location: New School in the Lewisham Area

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 6.30am-4pm (45hours per week)

Working Weeks: 42weeks per year (term time, inset days and 3 additional weeks)

Pay Details: £38,000 per year

Benefits:

• Bonus potential of up to 10% of salary (Companies Discression)
• Free meals onshift & IFG uniform
• Company pension and other great IFG benefits

Your Background…

We’reopen 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’rehere to makegoodfood, after all, that’s why our clientsandcustomers 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 schoolholidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance.

Asan added bonusa free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform)

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

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be hadandwe’vegot a staffdiscount scheme at over850 retailers!

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

Next steps…

If you thinkyou’vegot what it takes, and the times above suit you,we’dlove 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 requiredtoundergo an enhancedDBS check, which IFG will pay for.

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