Relief Chef Manager

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

Job summary

A leading education catering provider is seeking a Relief Chef Manager in Milton Keynes. You will be responsible for managing a kitchen team, cooking from scratch, and ensuring high food safety standards. This role offers a work-life balance with daytime hours and school holidays off. Benefits include mileage reimbursement and free meals on shift. Join us to help provide better food for children while enjoying free career development opportunities.

Benefits

Mileage paid at 45p per mile

Free meals on shift

Uniform provided

Pension scheme

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with cooking from scratch using fresh seasonal ingredients.
• Ability to manage a kitchen team effectively.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Cook from an amazing menu from scratch.
• Manage a full kitchen team and order produce.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Maintain hygiene compliance and food safety.

Skills

Proven leadership skills

Technical Cooking Skills

Ability to work in challenging environments

Organisational skills

Food hygiene qualifications

Previous work history as a chef

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 adjectives; we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feed more children better food.

Job Title: Relief Chef Manager - Primary Schools

Area Supporting: Milton Keynes & 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 and responsibilities

• Cooking from our amazing menu from scratch
• Managing a full kitchen team, ordering produce
• Responsible for 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 undertake 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.