Chef Manager

Job Introduction

• Full time
• 40 hours per week
• 07:00am - 15:30pm
• £20.01 per hour
• Onsite Parking 
• Meal Allowance 
• Opportunities for career development
• Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package 

Chef Manager

Speke  - Full time

A recipe for success; Serve incredible food, enjoy incredible perks.

At Sodexo, you'll belong in a team and thrive in service. We know that our talented chefs are the key to delivering exceptional service and tasteful experiences for our clients, customers, and employees.

Build a name with big-brand businesses and corporate clients, delivering high-quality nutritious meals for boardroom lunches, executive events, and daily workplace dining. This role calls for a chef who can blend maintaining excellent standards, while working efficiently in a fast-paced, trend-setting, client-focused environment. 

What you'll do: 

• Cook up mouth watering menu items, with a passion for perfection
• Ensure the highest standards of food hygiene and health and safety are maintained
• Contribute to a positive and innovative kitchen culture
• Bring your ideas to the table and cook up new techniques
• Planning, Preparation and presentation of all meals served at the required time, adhering to the service level agreement and to the client, customer and Sodexo satisfaction
• Adhering to special dietary requirements, paying particular attention to allergens
• Control and monitor financial performance of the unit to pre budgeted targets
• Management and training of line staff. Including carrying out performance reviews and providing coaching as necessary.
• To control and discipline staff with the procedure laid down by the company and keep records of any disciplinary issues keeping the account manager and HR informed.
• To ensure correct compilation of payroll to the latest regulations. To ensure that all statutory regulations and company policy concerning staff are adhered to.
• Purchasing and inventory control in accordance with Sodexo suppliers
• Maintaining cleanliness and hygiene of the unit to required standards
• Ensuring completion of due diligence records in line with Food safety policies
• Completion of weekly trading on eprophit, ensuring accurate capture of all income and supply invoices
• Organisation of any hospitality catering as required, some of which may occur outside of normal working hours
• Take all necessary steps to ensure maximum security of the kitchen, store, office, safe and monies and any other areas under Sodexo control
• To relieve and assist in other establishments in certain circumstances
• To attend meetings or training courses as requested

What you'll bring: 

• Proven experience as a Chef in a high volume setting
• Professional cookery or culinary qualifications
• Strong organisational skills with an ability to prioritise tasks
• Commitment to maintaining the highest food safety and hygiene standards
• NVQ chef qualification or equivalent
• Experience of catering management
• Experience of managing a team
• Experience of managing budgets
• Experience of delivering training using company guidelines
• Computer literacy
• Good standard of financial acumen
• Ability to develop increasing individual effectiveness through leadership, motivation, communication, coaching and training
• Ability to set and achieve standards and operate to performance criteria, with particular regard to hygiene
• Self-motivated
• Sense of own initiative
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with customers, clients and staff at all levels

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 big-brand retailers
• 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? 

Feed our customers and we’ll fuel your career.

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