This role is based at Stepgates School. Though you will only work during term time, you will be paid a salary every month including school holidays.
This role has a starting salary of £14,736 per annum for working 25 hours per week, 38.4 weeks per year (equivalent to £13.35 per hour, plus annual leave allowance).
Rewards and Benefits
Competitive salary
Final salary pension
Discounts on various services including food shopping
Health and wellbeing support
Employee Assistance Programme
Full induction
Term time only hours that allow for good work/life balance
Training and development opportunities, including a Level 3 Food Hygiene Qualification.About the Role
Using your passion, creativity and enthusiasm, you will inspire a team to produce an outstanding menu using fresh ingredients. In addition to using your flair and passion to create great dishes, you will record meal transactions, control and administer stock, order food and sundry supplies, and take responsibility for the day to day running of a smooth kitchen. Your main goal will be to provide school children with tasty, nutritious meals that help them develop healthy bodies and minds.
Customer service is at the front and centre of the Twelve15 Vision and Mission. You will be a fantastic communicator with an ability to work with our school clients and our customers to promote the benefits of the service we offer.
The key skills we are looking for in our new chef manager are as follows:
A passion and skill for cooking with an ability to deliver high levels of meals in a food production environment
Health and Safety Certificate Level 1, and proven understanding of health and safety in a kitchen environment
Level 2 Food Safety Certificate
NVQ Level 2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent
IT and administrative skills
Excellent communication skills (including teamwork, leadership, and customer service)
Experience supervising staff and managing a kitchen
Experience using catering equipment and the ability to train others
Excellent time keeping and flexibility around locations. We would also love to hear about any other relevant skills, interests, or knowledge that you could bring to the table. Perhaps you have detailed knowledge about allergies, or a particular interest in nutrition. Additionally, if you don't hold these qualifications but have a significant amount of experience catering for large groups of people in a management role, please don't hesitate in applying!
Shortlisting
In order for you to be considered for shortlisting, your CV and answers to the following questions will clearly evidence the knowledge, skills and qualifications listed above. The questions are:
Why do you think eating healthily is so important for children and what is the impact of a healthy school meal for children?
Please tell us about your experience of working in a kitchen, including the part you played in the production of food.
What experience do you have supervising / managing staff responsible for producing large quantities of food?
Please list any skills and qualifications you have that are relevant to this role.Contact Us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
Left with some questions or want to discuss the role of Chef Manager further? Please get in touch by emailing .
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 14/09/2025 with interviews to follow.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
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Surrey County Council is preparing for Local Government Reorganisation which will allow us to implement the Government led policy of devolution, which is all about giving more powers to local areas.
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