Regional Culinary Trainer

Regional Culinary Trainer

Predominantly Monday - Friday

Chartwells, part of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is the leading provider of catering and support services to schools, colleges, and universities in the UK. Chartwells works with over 2,000 education units including primary schools, secondary schools, independent schools, colleges, and universities. Central to Chartwells is its Eat, Learn, Live ethos, which helps to educate young people about how to have a happy, safe, and healthy lifestyle while contributing to a sustainable world.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Regional Culinary trainer who will be responsible for providing culinary support to schools in Durham. This support will include mobilising new units, delivering, training of culinary teams, monitoring and maintenance of culinary standards, and monitoring compliance with Compass procedures and systems.

If you are an innovative and creative cook, passionate about using top‑quality fresh ingredients, and looking for a role that offers both work‑life balance and career development – apply now!

• Plan, organise and direct the preparation and cooking of food ensuring that the company’s reputation for quality is always enhanced with customers and clients
• Support in the mobilisation of new units
• Deliver first‑class training to all staff
• Possess an exceptional drive for quality
• Drive school meal uptake and understand and monitor PPM
• Train and deliver all aspects of food safety, HS and COSHH
• Implement and maintain food monitoring procedures to facilitate budgetary control and monitor all costs involved in the kitchen against agreed budgets

• Experience working in a culinary/catering role in the education environment
• Passion for great food and excellent service delivery
• Ability to demonstrate outstanding culinary skills
• Ability to motivate and develop all levels of chefs
• Experience in training culinary skills
• Ability to deliver presentations to all levels confidently and accurately
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills at all levels
• Financially astute with regards to food costings and margin management
• Ability to analyse and evaluate information
• Experience of using process and planning to deliver consistent results to expectations
• Ability to work on own initiative but within a framework
• Working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel and Power Point

Part of Compass Group UK&I, Chartwells is the leading provider of catering and support services to the education sector. For over a quarter of a century, Chartwells has been focusing on helping those in education to build strong bodies, sharp minds and lead long healthy lives. Every week, Chartwells serves millions of nutritious and delicious meals to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools, academies, independent schools, colleges, and universities across the UK.

Chartwells is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all employees to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre‑employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and a Children’s Barred List check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and we ask applicants to declare all previous convictions and cautions in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

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!