Cook Manager

Impact Food Group; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Tees Valley is seeking a Cook Manager to manage kitchen operations at Stranton Primary School. The role offers a work-life balance with weekdays and school holidays off, along with benefits like free meals and career development opportunities. Ideal candidates will have extensive cooking and people management experience. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful candidates.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

Uniform provided

Staff discount scheme

Free qualifications and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Cook or Chef Manager.
• Ability to use fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Management of kitchen teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen operations and staff management.
• Ensure service runs smoothly.
• Maintain adherence to due diligence.

Skills

Cooking skills

People management

Time 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’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.

The role…

Job Title: Cook Manager

School Location: Stranton Primary School, Hartlepool, TS25

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 7.15am-1.30pm (28.75 hours per week)

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

Pay Details: £15.08 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’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!

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, 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 are a 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.