Chef Manager

An opportunity has become available to join the Olive Team at one of our prestigious sites in Chatham, Kent ME4 as a Chef Manager

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 40 hours

Starting Salary:£37,000 per annum

Benefits:

• Holidays: 28 days including bank holidays increasing up to 33 days (pro-rata for part-time)
• Enhanced Sick Pay: Up to 4 weeks full pay
• Free Meals: All Team Members receive a free meal and refreshments on duty
• Wellbeing Support: Free access to confidential personal support, which includes counselling and financial or legal advice through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Lifestyle benefits: Access to our cycle to work scheme, workplace pension scheme
• Training and Development: All Team Members have access to our online training platform, along with our in-house practical skills training.

What youll be doing as aChef Manager:

• To ensure the provision of food and beverages to the highest standard within the financial limitations set for your contract.
• To comply with all Company policies and regulations in respect of health, safety and environmental management at work and to ensure the highest standards of kitchen practice and hygiene.
• Maintain the smooth running of the contract at all times.
• Control menu planning, production levels, food costing, ordering and stock control, as appropriate.
• Restaurant opening times 8am to 3pm (working hours flexible between 7am to 5pm)

Our ideal Chef Managershould:

• Be passionate about providing fantastic food and be able to work effectively within a team.
• Possess excellent culinary skills, as well as being aware of current food trends to help ensure that our food offer is innovative and imaginative.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as being financially astute and numerically able, to ensure you achieve budgetary targets.
• You will need to be passionate about providing excellent food and customer service and your skills in these areas must be first class. You will have the ability to drive our business forward with exacting standards and an attention to detail. The successful candidate will have passion and flair, taking our hospitality offer to the next level. You will also need to be computer literate and comfortable with Word and Excel.
• Possess Team leadership qualities which you can demonstrate as well having knowledge of Health & Safety requirements. City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or similar NVQ qualifications are required, Food Safety Level 3 is desirable.

Who we are Olive Catering?

We provide workplacedining solutions with a particular focus on fresh food. We recognise the key ingredient to running a successful service company is to recruit and retain the finest team

If this sounds like the perfect role for you, please apply now

Due to the volume of applicants, if you havent heard from us within 14 days then unfortunately you have not been successful at this time, we welcome any future applications.

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