Chef Manager

Overview

Pabulum Catering are now recruiting for a Chef Manager to deliver exceptional food experiences to children at one of our schools in the Basildon area.

The school has a lovely team in a well cared for environment. 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.

• Preparing delicious food
• Managing the main aspects of the kitchen including Health & Safety, Training & Development and keeping the Unit Bookwork up to date
• Receiving and managing food deliveries and managing storage
• Developing great working relationships with clients, team and customers to ensure the catering contract grows in the right direction

• Passionate about food and great customer service
• Fantastic communicator who works well as part of a team with excellent supervisory skills
• Financially astute with full training in all processes and software systems
• A craft background with qualifications / experience to match

• £26,000 per annum plus a Chef Bonus of £1,000 per term (tax free)
• Monday to Friday 7:00 – 15:00 hours
• Excellent work/life balance with term‑time only contract
• Holiday pay
• NEST pension scheme
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Programme
• Consistent training and development
• Unlock discount membership

• The food – 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 will also carry out an Enhanced DBS / Criminal Record Check (which we will pay for).

Interested in becoming part of the Pabulum family? Please apply online. If you would like to discuss the role, you can call  or email hanna