Relief Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Devizes; On-site; GBP 19,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company is seeking a Relief Chef Manager in Devizes to oversee kitchen operations in primary schools. The role requires experience in cooking and managing teams, effective health and safety practices, and strong organisational skills. The position offers daytime work, 39 weeks per year, with great benefits including free meals and career development opportunities. Join us in making school food enjoyable and nutritious while ensuring a work-life balance.

Benefits

Mileage paid at 45p per mile

Free meals on shift

Uniform provided

Pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Chef Manager with fresh seasonal ingredients
• Ability to manage a full kitchen team efficiently
• Understanding of health and safety compliance in the kitchen

Responsibilities

• Cooking from a diverse menu from scratch
• Managing the kitchen team and ordering produce
• Ensuring health and safety standards are met

Skills

Proven leadership skills

Technical cooking skills

Organisational skills

Food hygiene qualifications

Ability to work in challenging environments

Education

Food hygiene and food preparation qualifications

Job description

Overview

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.

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: Relief ChefManager - Primary Schools
• Area Supporting: Devizes & Surrounding Areas
• Working Days: Monday to Friday
• Shifts & Working hours: 8am-2pm, some flexibility needed (30 hours per week)
• Working Weeks: 39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)
• Pay Details: £18,705 per year
• Benefits: Mileage paid at 45p per mile, free meals OnShift, uniform, pension and other great company benefits
• This is a mobile position: and will require a full valid UK driving license and access to your own vehicle

Duties

• Cooking from our amazing menu from scratch
• Managing a full kitchen team, ordering produce
• Responsible for the health and safety
• Being financially accountable for the unit attaining its GP/COGs
• Maintaining a high level of food safety and hygiene compliance

Skills needed

• Proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate staff
• Technical Cooking Skills
• Ability to work in challenging environments, while maintaining high standards
• Organisational and administrative skills
• Food hygiene and food preparation qualifications
• Previous work history as a chef/ Chef manager in contract catering would be advantageous

Your Background

We’re open 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’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 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 disclosure and children’s barred list 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.