Executive/Head Chef

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Executive Chef Manager to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Blackfen School for Girls.
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 Executive 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. With over 120 sites across Southern England there’s plenty of opportunity for you to grow, learn and develop.
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 Executive Chef Manager will:
Have proven work experience as an Executive Chef / Chef Manager in a busy secondary school or similar
Be responsible for planning and preparation of daily menus
Be passionate about food and providing great customer service
Manage kitchen staff to maintain high standards
Have experience in managing supplier ordering and weekly stock taking
Need to train kitchen staff on preparation methods, portion sizes, and presentation standards
Ensure kitchen operations meet health and safety standards
Monitor the quality of products and services provided
Have an excellent record of kitchen management
Demonstrate excellent leadership and management skills
40 hours a week
~ Monday to Friday
~ Excellent work/life balance due to term time only contract (44 weeks per year)
~ Holiday pay
~ NEST pension scheme
~ Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
~ Consistent training and development
~ Unlock – discount membership
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.
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).
Please apply online.
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