Chef Manager
St Mary's School Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £30,000 - £34,000 plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 11 October 2024
Job overview
Looking for your next catering role? Want to improve your work-life balance?
Catering for a prestigious independent school in central Cambridge, our dining offer provides fresh, nutritional food for approx. 350 pupils and 120 staff on a daily basis as well as ad hoc hospitality. As the school has summer lets and summer clubs, this is a full-time contract (not term time only)
As the Chef Manager, you will be:
- leading and managing a team of chefs, food services assistants and kitchen porters
- cooking and preparing dishes from scratch using seasonal ingredients
- creating exciting and nutritious menus for day to day as well as theme days
- building and maintaining a strong working relationship with colleagues and students
Working hours are Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, 52 weeks (full-time contract)
Our ideal candidate would be:
- a strong Chef Manager with a proven work history
- ideally experienced in catering for independent schools or B&I catering
- a real foodie with a genuine passion for ingredients and produce
- able to manage a team with good leadership skills
- attentive to detail and presentation
- strong in communication skills
- flexible and positive with a can do attitude
Please note that as a successful candidate, you will need to undertake a DBS check.
Interested? Then apply immediately.
For further information about the role and how to apply, please visit https://www.stmaryscambridge.co.uk/about/job-vacancies.htm
Closing date: 9.00am on Friday, 11 October 2024.
Interview date: To be confirmed.
We will review applications on receipt. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date, and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
The school is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Registered Charity No. 290180
Attached documents
About St Mary's School Cambridge
- St Mary's School Cambridge
- Bateman Street, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 1LY
- United Kingdom
St Mary’s School is a girls-only, non-selective, Roman Catholic, all-through school with sixth form situated in Cambridge. It is an independent school with day and boarding options. A smaller than average school, it provides 750 places for junior, senior and sixth-form students between the ages of 3 and 18 when fully subscribed.
The school was founded by sisters from the Congregation of Jesus in 1898. They drew their inspiration from 17th-century religious sister the Venerable Mary Ward, basing it on her vision of the essential dignity of each human.
Headmistress
Hannah Helliar
Values and vision
St Mary’s School provides its girls with a strong social and moral framework, which helps them succeed in higher education, the world of work and as successful citizens in the wider community. Teachers foster a love of learning in their students, nurturing talents, valuing each girl as an individual and helping every pupils flourish academically. The school strives to cater for all academic, pastoral, creative and athletic needs.
ISI Report Key points
The school achieved an outstanding overall 98% parental satisfaction rate.
'Almost all pupils achieve places at the most selective universities, conservatoires and art colleges in a range of disciplines, including those with the highest entry criteria.'
'Pupils make strong progress across the range of subjects’ and are: ‘highly successful in their achievements beyond the classroom in a range of activities encompassing different interests.'
'Pupils display mature levels of understanding across the curriculum’, with the quality of teaching praised as ‘ambitious, stimulating and well matched to their needs.'
'Pupils form highly positive relationships with each other and with staff and they develop good leadership skills’ with students feeling ‘ready and well prepared for the next stage of their lives.'
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