Head Chef Manager
hace 6 horas
Milton Keynes
Head Chef Manager Location: Marlow Salary: £35,000–£42,000 per annum, depending on experience Contract: Permanent, Full-Time Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00am – 4:30pm Vanta Staffing are recruiting for an experienced Head Chef Manager to take responsibility for the day-to-day running of a busy workplace deli in Marlow. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced chef, café manager or catering professional looking for a hands-on management role with consistent Monday-to-Friday daytime hours and no regular weekends or late nights. The Role You will lead a small catering team and oversee the daily breakfast, lunch and grab-and-go operation, ensuring high standards of food quality, service, food safety and commercial control. Key responsibilities include: • Managing the daily operation of the deli and leading the catering team., • Preparing and overseeing breakfast, lunch, hot-counter and grab-and-go food., • Planning practical, appealing and commercially controlled weekly menus., • Managing stock, ordering, portion control and food waste., • Maintaining excellent food presentation and customer-service standards., • Ensuring full compliance with food-safety, hygiene and allergen procedures., • Managing recipe cards, allergen matrices, PPDS labelling and daily compliance records., • Monitoring deliveries, stock rotation, temperatures and food storage., • Training and supporting team members to maintain consistent standards., • Reviewing sales, customer feedback and waste to improve the food offer., • Providing hands-on support during busy service periods. About You We are looking for someone with previous experience as a Chef Manager, Head Chef, Cook, Café Manager, Deli Manager or Workplace Catering Lead. You will ideally have: • Strong practical cooking and food-production experience., • Experience leading or supervising a small team., • Good knowledge of food safety, hygiene and allergen controls., • Experience with stock management, ordering and waste control., • The ability to plan menus and manage food costs., • Excellent organisation and communication skills., • A calm and hands-on approach to busy service periods., • Confidence completing paperwork, digital records and compliance checks., • Level 3 Food Safety qualification, or willingness to obtain it. Experience with workplace catering, PPDS/Natasha's Law, recipe cards and allergen matrices would be advantageous. What's on Offer? • £35,000–£42,000 salary, depending on experience., • Monday–Friday, 7:00am–4:30pm., • Permanent, full-time position., • No regular weekend working or split shifts., • Hands-on leadership role with genuine responsibility., • Opportunity to influence menus and improve the catering operation. If you're an experienced chef or catering professional looking for a stable weekday management role, we'd love to hear from you. Vanta Staffing are working as a recruitment agency for this role JBRP1_UKTJ