Location: Canterbury
Salary: £20,130 to £21,814 per annum equates to approx. £11.030- £11.952 per hour
Grade: Grade 4
Post Type: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Release Date: Thursday 22 July 2021
Closing Date: 23.59 hours BST on Thursday 05 August 2021 (unless otherwise stated)
Reference: CS-130-21

The University of Kent is looking for a Senior Chef who is motivated and has a real passion for food to deliver a high-quality catering service to University staff, students and visitors. You will need to be an efficient and flexible individual who prides yourself on providing outstanding customer service.

Our highly motivated Senior Chef will focus on the daily preparation of the standard menus, daily specials and recipes, maintaining the required high standard of food production, to deliver a first-class catering service.

In return we offer a 35 hour working week on a Monday to Sunday rota, 5/7 days, and paid time off when we are closed over Christmas and the New Year, a rarity in catering! We also offer continued training and development.

As the Senior Chef, you will use your natural people skills to supervise and motivate kitchen staff, while overseeing stock control and ordering, plus ensuring full compliance with all aspects of health, safety and hygiene standards and the adherence to relevant legislation.

To secure this key role, you must have:

Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate

Sound experience of managing kitchen staff in a high-volume environment

A proven track record of preparing standard menus and recipes

Experience of ordering stock, managing stores and stock control, plus calculating food percentages and gross profit margins

Solid IT skills and a flexible, committed and professional approach to work.

Kent Hospitality provides student accommodation for over 6,500 students, housekeeping, catering, bar, reception, conference and events services across our Canterbury and Medway campuses.

For further information, please visit: www.kent.ac.uk/hospitality

Closing date: 5 August 2021

If you require further information regarding the application process please contact hospitalityhr@kent.ac.uk

If you want to talk to our catering team about this great opportunity, then please either email catering@kent.ac.uk or call 01227 827164.

No agencies, thank you.