Chef Manager

• Full time
• Monday to Friday
• Up to £36000 per annum plus our Sodexo employee benefits package
• Opportunities for professional development

Chef Manager

Luton, LU1 3LU

At Sodexo, we’re passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Chef Manager to lead the delivery of catering, café and hospitality services within a busy client environment.

This role is responsible for overseeing day-to-day food operations, driving commercial performance, maintaining high service standards and leading a motivated catering team. You will play a key role in developing the food offer, supporting hospitality and events, ensuring compliance with all food safety and health & safety standards, and delivering an excellent customer experience.

As a Chef Manager

you'll:

• Manage the daily operation of staff restaurants, cafés and hospitality services
• Ensure high standards of food quality, presentation and customer service
• Support and develop innovative food offers and commercial initiatives
• Coordinate hospitality and special events, including occasional out-of-hours support
• Manage budgets, stock control, purchasing and financial reporting
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene, allergen management, COSHH and health & safety regulations
• Lead, motivate, train and develop catering teams
• Conduct audits, risk assessments and due diligence checks
• Build strong relationships with clients, customers and internal stakeholders
• Maintain accurate documentation, payroll and operational records

What we're looking for

• Previous experience in catering or hospitality management
• Strong leadership and people management skills
• Experience managing budgets and delivering financial targets
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Organised, proactive and able to manage multiple priorities
• Good understanding of food safety and compliance requirements
• Food Hygiene Certificate and catering qualifications or relevant competency preferred

Why Sodexo?:

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it’s a chance to be part of something greater.

Belong

in a company and team that values you for you. 

Act

with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions.

Thrive

in your own way.

We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life's larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular high street retailers (also open to friends and family)
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit
• Sodexo UK and Irelands enhanced benefits and leave policies

A little more about Sodexo

At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Click here to read more about what we do to promote an inclusive culture.

Ready to be part of something greater?

Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications

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• HR-5933_Benefits UK Brochure V9.pdf