Kitchen Manager - London, United Kingdom - The Scouts Association

The Scouts Association
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have an exciting opportunity for a
Kitchen Manager to join our amazing team. This role is based in
Gilwell Park with Hybrid working.

Contract Type:
Full time (40 hours per week)


Term:
Permanent


Salary:
£36,712 per annum Band F Level 3, inclusive outer London weighting

We're Scouts and everyone's welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds.

Right across the UK, we help over 400,000 young people aged 4-25 gain skills for life and find their place in the world.

We help them speak up, play their part and shine bright.


The Kitchen Manager role:


As a
Kitchen Manager, you will be responsible for preparing and cooking meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) on a set cycle menu to cater for our diverse guest audience.


You will be in charge of managing and delivering the day-to-day kitchen operations at Gilwell Park, which includes managing the kitchen team and ensuring that we deliver good value and high quality food, whilst complying with safe food regulations and ScoutAdventures food safety policy.


As well as the day to day, this role will lead the way with planning and coordination of catering for our large-scale national events that happen a few times a year at Gilwell Park.


Key responsibilities as our Kitchen Manager:

  • Menu development and costing for day-to-day catering as well as events catering in Gilwell Park
  • Cooking a varied range of nutritious food for guests and staff at mealtimes
  • Overseeing service to an exceptional standard and interacting with the guests and volunteers in an appropriate, knowledgeable, and helpful way always, in particular with regard to allergens and other dietary requirements
  • Stock ordering and managing stock
  • Managing and assisting with routine and deep cleaning of the kitchen, food storage, service and dining areas, including heavy and light equipment and machinery, crockery and cutlery, in accordance with the cleaning schedule
  • Enforcing established kitchen systems and procedures to guarantee an efficient and organised meal service
  • Planning and Managing events and functions as required

What we are looking for in our Kitchen Manager:

  • Experience working in a busy kitchen
  • Experience in catering in large quantities ie, school setting
  • Have proof of event planning
  • Experience in working with or providing service to children
  • Experience managing a kitchen team and volunteers
  • Hold a Food Hygiene qualification or be willing to work towards one

We are proud to be a family-friendly employer and offer

  • Up to four personal days paid leave a year
  • Maternity/Paternity Leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Study and volunteer leave
  • Free onsite parking

Closing date:
Monday 6 March 2023 at 23:59

Don't miss out on the opportunity to join our fantastic team Click
'Apply' now


The Scouts is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to diversity and actively seeking applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.

**Strictly no agencies.
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