Cook

Impact Food Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering provider in the education sector is seeking an experienced Chef to join our team at Mayfield School, Dagenham. This role involves preparing high-quality meals and snacks for students, prioritizing fresh, seasonal ingredients. Enjoy a great work-life balance with weekends off and school holidays. We offer free qualifications, career development opportunities, and a staff discount scheme. If you're passionate about making a positive impact through food, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Free qualifications

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking for large groups (200+).
• Ability to maintain cleanliness in kitchen areas.
• Capable of assisting in meal preparation and counter service.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Chef Manager with meal preparation.
• Cook using fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Keep kitchen and restaurant areas clean.

Skills

Cooking for large volumes

Customer service skills

Knowledge of fresh seasonal ingredients

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: Mayfield School, Dagenham, Barking & Dagenham, RM8 1XE

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 7am-3pm (37.5 hours per week)

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

Pay Details: £13.50 per Hour

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’re not 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’re open to people from all industry backgrounds, in fact, we pride ourselves on having restaurant-quality chefs in our secondary schools. We’re not 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!

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

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

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!)

If you think you’ve got what it takes, we’d love 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 required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which IFG supply the cost for.

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