Kitchen Manager in Luton

Role: Kitchen Manager (Within an Educational setting) 

Location: Luton

Hours: Monday to Friday 

Salary: £20,977 - £23,287 ( Term time only / 30 hour week )

Permanent / Part time role

Duties of a Kitchen Manager:

• Oversee the daily catering operation, including food preparation, cooking, serving and cleaning, ensuring high-quality meals are provided in line with dietary requirements, allergens and relevant food standards.

• Plan menus, including themed days and catering for special dietary, religious and cultural requirements.

• Lead, supervise and support the kitchen team, managing rotas, workloads, staff training, performance and hygiene standards.

• Manage food purchasing, ordering, stock control and kitchen supplies, ensuring expenditure remains within agreed budgets.

• Monitor meal sales, free school meal provision and associated financial administration, maintaining accurate records and completing required returns.

• Oversee the preparation and cleaning of kitchen and dining facilities, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and hygiene are maintained.

• Ensure kitchen equipment and facilities are properly maintained, reporting faults and arranging repairs where necessary.

• Support staff recruitment, appraisals, sickness monitoring and workforce planning to ensure the effective delivery of the catering service.

What we would like from you:

• Significant experience in large-scale catering, food production or a similar kitchen environment.

• Previous experience managing a kitchen team, including staff supervision, training and workload planning.

• Experience managing kitchen budgets, stock control, purchasing and basic financial administration.

• Strong cooking skills and experience planning and preparing varied menus.

• Good understanding of food hygiene, health and safety legislation, food allergens and school food standards.

• Excellent communication and customer service skills, with the ability to engage confidently with staff, pupils and the wider school community.

• Ability to organise workloads, work independently and meet operational deadlines.

• Confident using IT systems for food ordering, meal registers and general administration.

• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion within the workplace.

• Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate or equivalent.

If you are interested in this role, please apply below with your most recent CV.

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