Relief Chef Manager

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

Job summary

A fast-growing catering company is seeking a Relief Chef Manager for primary schools in Maidstone. The role includes cooking with fresh ingredients, leading a kitchen team, and ensuring food safety compliance. Working 30 hours a week during term time, the successful candidate will enjoy competitive pay and benefits such as mileage reimbursement, free meals, and opportunities for career growth. The position also requires a valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle.

Benefits

Mileage reimbursement

Free meals on shift

Employee discount scheme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Chef Manager with a focus on fresh ingredients.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff effectively.
• Strong food safety and hygiene compliance.

Responsibilities

• Cook from the menu from scratch.
• Manage full kitchen team and ordering.
• Ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

Proven leadership skills

Technical Cooking Skills

Ability to work in challenging environments

Organisational skills

Food hygiene qualifications

Job description

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’renot going to bore you with a long list of empty adjectives, we want one simple thing: awesome people to help us feedmorechildren better food.

The role…

The role…

Job Title: Relief ChefManager - Primary Schools

Area Supporting: Maidstone& Surrounding Areas

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Shifts & Working hours: 8am-2pmsome flexibility needed (30hours per week)

Working Weeks: 39weeks 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 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’reopen 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’renot in the business of making school food,we’rehere to makegoodfood, after all, that’s why our clientsandcustomers 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 schoolholidays off, giving you the opportunity for some great work-life balance.

Asan added bonusa free meal is supplied on shift! (and uniform)

We’llgive you a place to grow and a career to be proud of.

There are loads of free qualifications and career development opportunities to be hadandwe’vegot a staffdiscount scheme at over850 retailers!

We also run monthlyopportunities for the best teams to win shopping vouchers...

Next steps…

If you thinkyou’vegot what it takes, and the times above suit you,we’dlove 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 requiredtoundergo an enhancedDBS disclosure and children’s barred list check, which IFG will pay for.

We area committed equal opportunities employer - if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail withinyourapplication. Allinformation is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements.