Chef Manager

The Canterbury Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 11:50am

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,167.00 - £30,934.00 pro rata

Chef Manager job summary

Are you a chef with experience in a fast-paced commercial or school based kitchen environment, with an emphasis on fresh and seasonal produce? Used to leading teams? Looking for a rewarding career with excellent opportunities and benefits?

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in a similar position, hold a relevant qualification, be passionate about cooking with fresh produce, possess a high level of attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure.

As a Chef Manager you will be responsible for all daily operations in the kitchen, produce menus and new dishes, deal with suppliers and handling of paperwork as well as controlling and directing the food preparation process and training junior members of the team.

Specific duties include:

• Plan meals within nutritional and dietary guidelines, including portion control. Ensuring meals are cooked and served in a timely manner following safe food hygiene standards. Provide well balanced meals at designated times providing adequate choice.
• Direct the day to day work of the kitchen team and provide supervision sessions to ensure the function performs to appropriate high standards.
• Ensure expenditure is kept within authorised budget limits by completing weekly financial returns, stock sheets, periodic stocktaking, timesheets for staff, etc. to ensure KCC’s policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure correct Health & Safety and food hygiene procedures are adhered to at all times and that defects to equipment and premises are reported appropriately to maintain a safe working environment.
• Organise and undertake on the job training for new kitchen staff to ensure a high standard of service is maintained.
• Liaise with outside agencies i.e. Environmental Health Officers and suppliers to ensure high standards of food hygiene and quality of supplies are maintained.
• Ensure the security of the kitchen and storerooms is maintained at all times to provide a safe working environment.
• The cooking, serving of meals and cleaning of kitchen area, as appropriate, in order to provide an effective service.
• To help reduce waste within the kitchen.

We have great benefits, including free parking on-site, discounts and career development opportunities. If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times above suit you, we’d love to hear from you!

In addition to providing the highest quality of teaching and learning a priority of the school is the safety and welfare of its students. Therefore, all staff undergo enhanced DBS checking and referencing.

Applications will be assessed in order of receipt and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received. Please apply as soon as possible.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Canterbury Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Canterbury Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-canterbury-academy

The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.

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