Chef Manager

Package Description

£25,000 + benefits

Term time only

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Chef Manager to join us in leading our team to provide an excellent catering service at the prestigious Runnymede School in West Derby.

This is a great opportunity for a customer focused individual to join a world leading food and facilities management company, which can offer unrivalled opportunities for career progression.

This role is subject to Safer Recruitment checks and the successful applicant will be required to complete a DBS.

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Main Responsibilities

• Lead your team to deliver excellent catering operations for 200+ pupils, Monday – Friday
• Plan menus, manage costs and cook high-quality meals for pupils.
• To ensure that all food is prepared with due care and attention, particularly in relation to customers’ special dietary requirements, for example, nut, dairy or wheat allergies.    
• Maintain the cleanliness and hygiene standards of all areas, ensuring that legal and company standards are met.
• Manage your site budget, payroll and team recruitment and development
• Build and nurture a strong client relationship
• Ensure that high standards are upheld in health and safety and food safety

The Ideal Candidate

• Experience in managing catering operations of a similar scale
• Strong cooking abilities in a commercial setting
• Prior experience of school catering is advantageous
• Good commercial acumen with the ability to carefully control costs and maintain profit margins whilst delivering a high standard of service
• Experience of leading and training a high-performing team
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate

About The Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity  disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation. 

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.