• About The Role

  • Are you a passionate and experienced Chef Manager looking for an exciting opportunity? 
     
    We are seeking a dedicated Chef Manager to oversee our school kitchen operations, ensuring high-quality vegetarian meals are prepared and served efficiently.

    At Govinda’s, we specialise in nutritious, beautifully crafted vegetarian meals that nourish the body, mind, and soul. Serving over 4,000 meals daily across more than nine schools, we are a fast-growing company with a mission to provide food that truly uplifts.
     
    This is your chance to be part of a fantastic team of food enthusiasts, helping to expand our reach and bring delicious, wholesome meals to even more students.
     
    If you have a passion for great food, excellent leadership skills, and a strong understanding of kitchen management, we’d love to hear from you! 
    What will you do?
    • To operate within a team of permanent, part time and flexible staff in the unit, ensuring that the manufacturing service is successfully delivered consistently to the required standard daily.  
    • To ensure accurate and timely completion of all areas of administration associated with the provision of the services, as directed by the Operation Manager. This includes stock taking, HACCP / Safety records, and production planning wastage, wastage records and reduction.
    • To liaise and co-operate with the Manager or other unit chefs, to produce all meals in line with specification

  • About Us

  • Why should you apply 

    You will be working in a fantastic environment. 

    Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

    We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page

    What are we looking for?
    • Kitchen Experience
    • Understanding of food hygiene and kitchen health and safety
    • Good Organisational Skills
    • The ability to work unsupervised in a busy environment
    • Ability to work in a group and independently
    • Ability to follow strict instructions in a systematic and consistent manner
    • Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
    Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
     
    Further information
    Pre-employment checks
    Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
    Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

    Diversity and Inclu    sion
    We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 
    Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
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About our School

Govinda's is dedicated to promoting healthy minds and bodies through nutritious and delicious vegetarian meals. With 10 years of experience, our philosophy is to inspire people to feel good in every aspect of their lives through enjoyable and nourishing food.

We understand the importance of meeting individual needs, by promoting a better understanding of nutrition and the importance of a balanced and varied diet.