Relief Chef Manager

Impact Food Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 15,000 - GBP 19,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education catering company in Leeds is seeking a Relief Chef Manager for primary schools. This mobile position involves managing a kitchen team, preparing nutritious meals from fresh ingredients and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Working Monday to Friday with school hours, the role offers a competitive salary and benefits like free meals and developmental opportunities. Ideal candidates should have proven leadership skills and experience in contract catering.

Benefits

Mileage paid at 45p per mile

Free meals on shift

Uniform provided

Pension plan

Career development opportunities

Staff discount scheme at over 850 retailers

Qualifications

• Full valid UK driving license and access to your own vehicle is required.
• Experienced Chef Manager with skills in cooking fresh ingredients at volume.

Responsibilities

• Cooking from an amazing menu from scratch.
• Managing a full kitchen team and ordering produce.
• Responsible for health and safety in the kitchen.
• Being financially accountable for the unit's GP/COGs.
• Maintaining high food safety and hygiene compliance.

Skills

Proven leadership skills

Technical Cooking Skills

Ability to work in challenging environments

Organisational and administrative skills

Food hygiene qualifications

Experience in contract catering

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.

Job Details

Job Title: Relief Chef Manager - Primary Schools

Area Supporting: Meanwood & 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

Notes: This is a mobile position and will require a full valid UK driving license and access to your own vehicle

Duties Include

• 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.