Cook Manager

Impact Food Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational catering company in Greater London is seeking a Cook Manager to oversee kitchen operations at Oak Hill Academy. The ideal candidate will have strong cooking and management skills, ensuring smooth service while preparing fresh, seasonal meals for students. With daytime hours and school holidays off, this role offers a great work-life balance and a free meal during shifts. There is also an opportunity for career development and additional benefits like staff discounts and qualifications.

Benefits

Free meals during shifts

Career development opportunities

Staff discounts at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Experienced Cook/Chef Manager with cooking skills.
• Ability to manage a kitchen and liaise with clients.
• Familiar with cooking in volume using fresh ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Head the kitchen team to ensure smooth service.
• Oversee adherence to due diligence.
• Create a positive food experience for clients and customers.

Skills

Cooking skills

People management

Fresh seasonal ingredient cooking

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 feedmorechildren better food.

The role…

Job Title: Cook Manager

School Location: Oak Hill Academy West London, Feltham, TW13 4QP

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 7am-3.30pm (40hours per week)

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

Pay Details: £27,000 per Annum

Your Background…

We’reopen 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’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.