Chef Manager
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
|---|---|
| Salary: | from £18 an hour |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | London, N2 0SQ |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Closing date: | 14 Oct 2026 |
Summary
Chef Manager
Contract: Education
Location: London, N2 0SQ
Hours of work: 40
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday
Contract Type: Permanent
Hourly Rate: £18.00
We’re looking for a passionate and motivated Chef Manager to lead our catering operation and create an exceptional food experience for our customers.
As a Chef Manager with ISS UK, you’ll take overall responsibility for the day-to-day catering operation, setting and maintaining high standards while managing the service in line with agreed budgets, targets and client expectations.
You’ll lead and support an experienced catering team, bringing your passion for great food, positive leadership and excellent customer service to everything you do. You’ll work closely with your client and students to build strong, positive relationships and ensure the catering service consistently meets their needs.
The Role
Take overall management responsibility for the catering operation, ensuring a high-quality, efficient and customer-focused service.
Lead, motivate and support your team, creating a positive and collaborative working environment.
Prepare and deliver delicious, high-quality food that meets customer expectations.
Oversee food preparation, cooking and meal service, ensuring deadlines are met and service is prompt and efficient.
Set and maintain high standards across food quality, presentation, hygiene and cleanliness.
Ensure all Health & Safety, food safety and accident prevention procedures are followed, maintaining a safe and secure working environment.
Manage catering resources effectively and operate within agreed budgets and targets.
About You
Experience as a Catering Manager, Chef Manager or in a similar supervisory catering role.
Alternatively, experience as a Catering Assistant or Chef with the potential and ambition to progress into management.
Strong food preparation and cooking skills, with an advanced understanding of school catering.
A genuine passion for producing great-tasting, high-quality food.
A strong understanding of food hygiene and Health & Safety principles, including accident prevention.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with customers, colleagues and clients.
A supportive, helpful and positive approach to teamwork.
Excellent timekeeping, reliability and a strong work ethic.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #Becomewhoyouwant, #Bepartofsomethingbigger, #aplacetobeyou,
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ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are proud to be a Gold Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award holder and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, recognising our commitment to supporting veterans, reservists, and military families. Through our Joint Forces Programme, we provide mentoring and support to members of the Armed Forces community and their spouses as they transition into civilian careers.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team.
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