Executive Head Chef

Peoplebank; Bolton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - GBP 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering company in Bolton is seeking an Executive Head Chef to join their team. This role involves working with fresh seasonal ingredients and creating bespoke menus. The ideal candidate should have experience in a fast-paced environment and exhibit excellent team collaboration skills. The position offers competitive benefits including free meals on duty, discounts, and a focus on individual training and development. If you're motivated and passionate about food, this is an exciting opportunity for your culinary career.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Well established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Workplace pension

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• Current Executive Head Chef or Head Chef experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in food preparation using fresh ingredients.
• Understanding of food hygiene and health & safety policies.

Responsibilities

• Work well in a team for cafe, lunch & hospitality serving 3000 daily.
• Produce service food using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch.
• Ensure adherence to company food standards and wastage control.

Skills

Genuine interest in food

Excellent customer service

Innovation and passion for great food

Organizational skills

Verbal English skills

Written English skills

Job description

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Salary: 42000

Hours: per week

Overview

A private day school in Bolton, Greater Manchester. It comprises a co-educational nursery, co-educational infant school, single sex junior schools and single sex senior schools including sixth forms. Catering for 2850 students and teachers daily. We offer a core feeding of Mid morning break with full lunch offering including grab & go. There is lots of hospitality offerings at this location. Operating predominantly Monday to Friday with exceptions for events etc on some weekends. There is plenty of free parking in the vicinity of the school.

Executive Head Chef

We are looking for a talented Executive Head Chef to join our team at one of our prestigious locations in Bolton.

If you are a current Executive Head chef or Head Chef working with fresh ingredients and in a fast paced environment then please apply today.

You will be excited to work with fresh seasonal ingredients & regularly changing bespoke menus. You will be creative and have the opportunity to showcase your skillset.

Key responsibilities

• To work well in a team, providing for a cafe, lunch & hospitality across multiple locations to serve 3000 daily.
• To produce food for service using fresh ingredients, cooking from scratch and following the companies brand standards
• Ensuring company food standards are adhered to and wastage controlled.
• Ensuring all Food Hygiene and Health & Safety policies and allergen control procedures are followed.
• Great team player

You will have the following skills

• A genuine interest in food & excellent customer service
• An all-round team player
• Innovation and passion for great food
• An organised person with attention to detail
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good understanding and use of verbal English.
• Ability to demonstrate reasonable / good standard of written English and reading skills.
• Similar experience of customer and / or food preparation environment is preferred

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and creative chef to advance their career in a dynamic environment. You'll have the chance to work with fresh ingredients, develop innovative menus, and take on a leadership role while contributing to a thriving kitchen.

If you're ready to take the next step in your culinary career, we’d love to hear from you!

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave – up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.

Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

Free onsite parking

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.