Cook Manager

Impact Food Group; East Ayton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing catering company in East Ayton seeks a Cook/Chef Manager to lead a team at a primary school. The role involves overseeing kitchen operations, ensuring high-quality food preparation using seasonal ingredients. Ideal candidates will have strong cooking and people management skills. Benefits include daytime hours, no weekend work, all school holidays off, and opportunities for career development and discounts. The role requires an enhanced DBS check, which will be covered by the company.

Benefits

Free meal on shift

Free uniform

Career development opportunities

Staff discount at retailers

Qualifications

• Experienced Cook/Chef Manager with skills in cooking fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Ability to manage a kitchen and liaise with clients.
• Strong understanding of service and due diligence requirements.

Responsibilities

• Head the kitchen team and ensure smooth service.
• Oversee adherence to food safety and compliance regulations.

Skills

Cooking skills

People 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 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…

• School Location: East Ayton Primary School, YO13 9EW
• Working Days: Monday to Friday
• Shifts & Working Hours: 8:30am-2pm (27.5 hours per week)
• Working Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)
• Pay Details: £14 per Hour

Your Background…

We’re open to people with great cooking and people management skills. You will be an experienced Cook/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 think you’ve got 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 area 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.