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Form of workWe are hiring a remarkable Production Event Chef to join our growing team at Lexington Catering in Greater London England United Kingdom
Growing your career as a Full Time Production Event Chef is an awesome opportunity to develop useful skills.
If you are strong in presentation, communication and have the right drive for the job, then apply for the position of Production Event Chef at Lexington Catering today!
Salary: Competitive
Benefits
At Lexington we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.
FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.
Support Your Way of Life:
- Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
- Relax & recharge with 31 days holiday
- Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
- Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work
Demonstrates a comprehensive and adept approach to commercial, operational, and leadership responsibilities within the CPU and Client Support Team. (CST)
Job Description
Duties CPU:
• Responsible for the quality and consistency of the food offering across our delivered-in contracts.
• Responsible for Menu Development and Specification with Nutritional balance for our delivered-in contracts
• Event planning including menus, costings, logistics and team management.
• Responsible to set standard of work for areas like training, supply, ingredients, food quality and working environment for the chef brigade within the CPU.
• Accountable for the financial results associated to the CPU ensuring areas like margin, waste, stock control and KPIs are achieved.
• Leading forecast, budget on a regular basis to support the financial goals.
• Responsible for all the logistics. E.g. Drivers and Fleet.
• Tendering for new business. E.g. attending Site Visit, planning presentation and tasting.
• Work closely with the Resourcing Manager to develop competitive and appealing new ideas that reflect our standards and high quality. Stay up to date with new food trends.
• Ensuring compliance to CPU standard operating procedures.
• Plan the production schedule and organise workflow to ensure cost effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Recruitment team on recruitment and selection of staff, participating in interviews, trial shifts and providing feedback on candidates as required.
• Ensure that all team members, procedures, and paperwork are compliant with the relevant *Health and Safety regulations and in line with Company guidelines.
Duties within the Client Support Team:
• Support Staffing Manager in managing the Full time and Casual Chefs.
• Work with and support the food team and sales and marketing with offer development, tenders and client presentations across Lexington business.
• Responsible for maintaining training plans of the whole team. This includes training of all food concepts (new and existing). With support from Staffing Manager and HR & Payroll Administrator ensuring all training sessions are designed, planned and delivered in line with company requirements and business levels.
• Responsible for carrying out regular one to ones with team members and Appraisals using Talent Toolbox (TT2).
• Support CST Recruitment Consultant with all recruitment activities. Such as short listing, interviews, trial shifts, inductions, etc.
• Ensure high standards of personal hygiene and that the correct attire is always worn neatly and clean.
• Carry out any other reasonable requests of the Support Team management.
Working Pattern: 40 hours (Mon-Fri)
Skills and Experience
The experience and knowledge we are looking for from the CPU Executive project Chef:
- Initiative, Adaptability, Flexibility, Reliability, Implementation, Work Standards, Tenacity and Time Management.
- Previous Executive Chef experience within Events or Contract catering is desirable
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Benefits of working as a Production Event Chef in Greater London England United Kingdom:
● Excellent benefits
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package
