Job Introduction
We are Blue Apple and we’re proud to take a more thoughtful, mindful approach to the food experiences we source, prepare and present. We aim to delight our customers by bringing a bespoke and tailored solution to our workplace clients. We have a diverse range of customers and pride ourselves on delivering fresh food solutions created by happy teams. We are looking for a Group Chef Manager to join our team based in Dunstable.
Location: Dunstable
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week, 7am to 3.30pm
Key Responsibilities:
- Culinary Leadership: Lead, mentor, and motivate the culinary teams across various sites.
- Monitoring the quality of the food and service
- Menu Development: Plan and update seasonal menus that are innovative, appealing, and cost-effective.
- Operational Oversight: Manage day-to-day kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency and high standards.
- Leading your F&B team and setting standards
- Financial Management: Control food costs, manage inventory, monitor budgets, and contribute to the financial profitability of the operations.
- Staff Management: Oversee recruitment, training, and performance management of the catering and kitchen staff.
- Health & Safety Compliance: Ensure all food safety, hygiene, and legal regulations are met and maintained.
- Customer & Client Relations: Drive excellence in service, ensure high customer satisfaction, and maintain strong relationships with clients.
- Meeting the client’s needs as well as your financial targets
- Liaising with the client
- Business Growth: Identify opportunities for business growth, develop creative themed events, and align culinary concepts with the overall company vision.
About the role:
- We are looking for an experienced Chef Manager or Group Chef Manager to manage a team of 12 across 2 sites with 3 outlets (2 restaurants and 1 coffee shop) on one campus
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Must have contract catering experience of large or multi sites
- Must be agile , innovative and forward thinking
- Passionate about fresh food
What's in it for you?
Working with Blue Apple has its perks! People are at the heart of everything we do, so we've developed a range of benefits to keep you happy.
- Personal Development and Training opportunities
- Life assurance scheme
- Pension scheme
- Holiday allowance
- Private medical eligibility
- Eye care
- A great wellbeing strategy – including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, salary finance
- Family friendly support
- Regular social events and communication with our leaders
- A holiday purchase scheme
- Volunteering days
- Professional subscriptions
- Recognition schemes and people awards
- Long service awards
- Access to some great high street discount vouchers
About Us
As part of Compass you'll help to feed people, fuel progress and forge connections in around 6,000 venues. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UK's biggest businesses.
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Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!