Chef Manager - Paxton Academy Sports & Science

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Paxton Academy Sports and Science. Are you ready to apply Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding. You will have a close relationship with the school and be responsible for a well-established kitchen, dedicated to providing the best for all children. As a Chef Manager, you will be working in a passionate and hard-working team to create an outstanding experience for our school. In return we offer an excellent work life balance, support and a fantastic company culture for a business committed to providing healthy food to children. At Pabulum, you’re important; without our employees we wouldn’t be where we are today with such a strong, innovative, and constantly growing business. With over 120 sites across Southern England there’s plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop. Your key responsibilities will include: Preparing our delicious food Managing the main aspects of the kitchens including including Health & Safety and Training & Development, and you’ll have the Unit Bookwork to keep up to date Receiving and managing food deliveries and managing storage With a reputation for an excellent service and fabulous food we always put our customers first, as one of our Unit Managers we expect you want to do the same. By developing a great working relationship with clients, team and customers alike you will be able to ensure the catering contract you are part of is always growing in the right direction. Our ideal Chef Manager will be: Passionate about food and great customer service A fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team. Good communication skills throughout our customer and client journey are a must, with excellent supervisory skills being the real key to managing, developing and motivating a large team You will need to be financially astute, but we’ll make sure you receive full training in all our processes and software systems to help you. A craft background with qualifications/experience to match Role details and benefits include: £28,000 per annum Monday to Friday 7:00 -15:00 hours Excellent work/life balance due to term time only contract Holiday pay NEST pension scheme Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme Consistent training and development Unlock – discount membership Excellent work/ family life balance due to term time only contract At Pabulum there are three basic ingredients for your role; The food – Here at Pabulum, we take our values so seriously that we put Education, Passion, Sensation, and Innovation forefront of everything we do. 94% of our food is freshly prepared on site every day, using 75% British produce and little or no frozen or processed foods. The people – Happy customers always come back for more, so we expect you to ensure they have an excellent customer experience. And you – We are recruiting for a Chef Manager to join our positive and professional team. As you will be working in Education, you must provide two employment/character references and we’ll also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check as well (which we’ll pay for). Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online. If you would like to contact me directly to discuss the role you can call me on or alternatively send an email to Job Reference: com/2511/42363001/52698495/BU CH&CO, a part of Compass Group UK&I, is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive?because diversity is our strength!