Mobile Chef Manager

This role has a salary of £15,864.71 per annum, based on working 30 hours per week, 38.4 weeks per year. Working term time only, you will be paid a salary every month including the school holidays.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Chef Manager (Mobile) with excellent craft skills and a passion for creativity, flair, and customer service to prepare and deliver hospitality catering at a variety of events. Based at Woodhatch Place Reigate but supporting other schools within the contract.

About the Role

• This role requires a professional with excellent craft skills, a keen eye for detail and the ability to deliver exceptional levels of customer service. Driven in both passion and creativity, you will be required to deliver high quality event hospitality catering events ranging from refreshments through to a full hot or cold buffet service in addition to supporting our catering teams delivering services in Primary and Secondary schools.
• Customer service is at the front and centre of the Twelve15 Vision and Mission. You will be a fantastic communicator with an ability to promote the benefits of the service we offer to a wide range of customers.

Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Final salary pension
• Discounts on numerous services including food shopping.
• Health and wellbeing support
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Full induction
• Term time only hours that allow for good work/life balance
• Training and development opportunities, including a Level 3 Food Hygiene Qualification.

The key skills we are looking for are as follows:

• A passion and skill for cooking able to deliver high quality food and customer service in varying food production environments.
• Excellent food presentation skills
• Excellent planning skills
• Health and Safety Certificate Level 1, and proven understanding of health and safety in a kitchen environment
• Level 2 Food Safety Certificate
• Minimum NVQ Level 2 in food preparation and cooking or equivalent
• IT and administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills (including teamwork, and customer service)
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of delivering functions
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Flexible and adaptable to suit variety of work.
• Excellent time keeping and flexibility around locations.
• Experience of working with diverse types of foods to manage Allergens.

We'd also love to hear about any other relevant skills, interests, or knowledge that you could bring to the table. If you don't hold these qualifications but have a significant amount of experience catering for high profile hospitality events, please don't hesitate to apply.

Shortlisting

For you to be considered for shortlisting, your CV and answers to the following questions will clearly evidence the knowledge, skills and qualifications listed above. The questions are:

1. Experience of preparing and delivering catering functions for up to 200 people, this to include both food preparation and food service.
2. Experience of supervising / managing staff responsible for producing large quantities of food and delivering front of house services.
3. Experience of working in kitchens to cover Chef absences.
4. Please list any skills and qualifications you have that are relevant to this role.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 19 May 2024 with interviews to follow.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

• The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application
• The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.