Head Chef- Monday - Friday NEW Gather & Gather Posted today £30,942 per year Gloucester Chefs

Compass Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering service provider is seeking a Head Chef at the University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus in Gloucester. The successful candidate will lead a small team and oversee food preparation to ensure high quality and service. Responsibilities include menu development, managing ingredients, and maintaining hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have contract catering experience and a passion for fresh food. The role offers competitive salary and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Personal Development and Training opportunities

Private medical eligibility

Eye care

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Recognition schemes and people awards

Qualifications

• Cooking and preparing food to the highest standard.
• Managing a small kitchen team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of 2.
• Prepare and oversee all food preparation.
• Develop and plan menus in line with client expectations.

Skills

Contract catering experience

Passionate about cooking fresh food

Job description

At Gather & Gather, great food in the workplace isn’t simply about fuel. It’s about increasing productivity and improving performance; it’s about happy motivated people and inspiring environments. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do – we live to bring food and people together.

We are brave, bold and curious adventurers in food and drink. Never shy of being different, always challenging the conventional.

Our passionate team of chefs, baristas, servers, nutritionists and much more love nothing more than creating memorable moments that enrich the everyday. Come and join our award winning teams – we are currently recruiting for a Head Chef to join our amazing site at University of Gloucestershire’s Oxstalls Campus.

Location

GL2 9HW

Salary

£30,942 per annum

Working Pattern

Monday - Friday - 40 hours per week, 7am to 3.30pm

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a small team of 2
• On site we provide Grab and go, homemade cakes, hot mains, salad bar, soup, hospitality
• To prepare and oversee all preparation of food to the highest standard
• To produce food in a timely fashion to ensure smooth service to the customers
• To ensure that all appropriate ingredients are available for the menus
• To develop and plan menus that are in line with client and customer expectations
• To be creative when menu planning and including the client and customers
• Pride yourself on food quality and hygiene standard
• Overall responsibility for managing the kitchen team
• Provide feedback and coaching on performance
• To ensure that the kitchen team have completed up to date COSSH and Food Hygiene training

Our Ideal Candidate

• Will have contract catering experience
• Passionate about cooking fresh food

What's in it for you

• Personal Development and Training opportunities
• Private medical eligibility
• Eye care
• A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
• Family friendly support
• Regular social events and communication with our leaders
• Professional subscriptions
• Recognition schemes and people awards
• Long service awards
• Access to some great high street discount vouchers

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