Overview
Join to apply for the Fixed Term Chef Manager - Hook Junior School role at TieTalent. Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager to help us deliver exceptional food experiences to our children at Hook Infant and Junior School.
This role will be fixed term to cover Maternity leave until the end of July 2026.
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.
Responsibilities
* Preparing our delicious food
* Managing the main aspects of the kitchens 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
* Developing a great working relationship with clients, team and customers 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
* Excellent communicator who works well as part of a team; strong supervisory skills to manage, develop and motivate a large team
* Financially astute, with training provided in our processes and software systems
* A craft background with qualifications/experience to match
Role details and benefits
* £28,398 per annum
* Monday to Friday - 37.5 hours a week
* Excellent work-life balance due to term-time only contract
* Holiday pay
* NEST pension scheme
* Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
* Consistent training and development
* Unlock – discount membership
* Excellent work/family life balance due to term-time only contract
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 Catering Assistant 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 (which we’ll pay for).
Job Reference: com/1508/42335001/52749677/R/BU #Pabulum
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!
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* Full-time
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