Head Chef

Location: Eccles

Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent provider of catering services for airlines and are the core business behind gategroup, whose eleven associated brands offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any on-board need. We provide more than 200 million meals a year to our 270-plus customers at some 120 airport locations around the globe.

As a Head Chef, you will work from our Manchester Unit, as an important member of the team and be responsible for the preparation and cooking of delicious in-flight meals as well as supporting with customer presentations as required. Working to tight timelines, you will communicate effectively with the kitchen staff to ensure meals are prepared to exact specifications and quantities and that the work area is kept safe and as clean as possible while maintaining high standards of quality, hygiene, and health and safety at all times.

You will actively support the cooking activities on all of our non-airline contracts as well.

Job Overview:

Regular roster of Monday to Friday availability for (Apply online only) / (Apply online only). Free onsite parking, complimentary meals and refreshments, free uniform, free life insurance, company sick pay, pension scheme.

What will life as a Chef look like for you:

- Competitive Salary
- Monday to Friday availability for (Apply online only) / (Apply online only)
- Inhouse training and development
- Complimentary meals & beverages
- Free Uniform
- Company sick pay
- Free on-site parking
- Paid Holiday
- Regular shift patterns
- Pension scheme to help you save for your future
- Bespoke employee support programme, including free counselling sessions
- Refer a friend scheme with generous bonuses for each successful referral

Main Duties and Responsibilities

- Working with customer schedules, planning production schedules to ensure catering provisions are ready on time for dispatch and delivery to customers
- Managing a team of chefs, supervisors, assembly staff
- Supporting culinary team with customer menu development
- Ensuring productivity, financial, operational and quality targets are met & exceeded
- Providing clear and effective leadership to unit culinary & meal assembly teams
- Foster a positive culture of effective team working and accountability in line with business values
- Ensure staff are trained and aware of their roles & responsibilities, and are equipped to carry out their tasks effectively & to a high standard
- Manage the department staff rosters, holiday planning and manpower planning
- Coordinating staff training and development
- Provding clear and effective communication to internal and external customers including performance reports and customer complaint information
- In conjunction with the food stores manager, lead the unit material improvement programme in order to beat AVT deviation targets
- Coordinate and lead regular culinary tasting & menu presentations both within the unit and with key customers alike
- In conjunction with the food stores manager iaise with central procurement & purchasing regarding product quality & product improvement initiatives
- Drive & lead good manufacturing standards both within the meal asdsembly & hot / cold kitchens
- Play a key role within the unit senior management team
- Ensure the production team are aware of their responsibilities in respect of, food safety health and safety and security in the workplace and have the minimum qualifications and training to work in a kitchen environment
- Enforcement & Implementation of the GG Food Safety Standard
-Undertake & support Customer Food Safety and Product Quality audits
- Undertake regular audits of all areas within the kitchen and storage areas to ensure complete adherence to agreed policies
- Ensure…