Kitchen Manager - Lynton Primary School

South West Norse have an opportunity for an experienced Kitchen Manager to join the team based at Lynton Primary School, leading the Lynton kitchen provision for the West Exmoor Federation schools (Parracombe & Kentisbury) and serving at Lynton Primary School. You will use your skills and experience to deliver an exciting and varied menu that utilises locally sourced and healthy ingredients, delivering an excellent level of customer service for the school. You will be responsible for managing catering department for children the with complex, severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties. this role includes provision of modified diets, catering for allergies and sensory needs etc Providing input into menu planning and costing, you will help us deliver a catering service that provides a nutritional lunchtime meal, leading and directing a small on-site team to ensure preparation is delivered on-time and to high quality standards.

Alongside your passion for catering and enthusiasm for establishing a brand-new kitchen service, we are looking for you to demonstrate knowledge and experience for the role, including:

• Experience leading a busy kitchen environment, capable of organising catering staff as well as being hands-on with meal preparation and cooking
• Knowledge of menu development and costing, with a focus on promoting healthy and nutritious meals
• A relevant qualification in Food Hygiene, with experience applying your knowledge within a catering environment
  
  All salaries for part-time positions are worked out pro-rata of the full-time equivalent salary shown in the advert, calculated on your contracted hours per week.
You will have the chance to work in a friendly, customer service focused environment, and alongside our company benefits package, you will have the platform to develop within the industry with a national company. An enhanced DBS check will be required for our successful candidate, payment will be met by the employer. We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and or unfair discrimination. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications. If you have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful and will not be progressed to the next stage.