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Job Title: Head Chef Reporting To: Kitchen Manager Salary Range: £40,000 - £45,000 Contract Type: Permanent Location: Felixs Kitchen, Unit 12 & 14 Thomas Road Industrial Estate Poplar E14 7BN

Hours/Days per week: 37.5 hours per week, 5 days out of 6, between Monday to Saturday. Any 8.5 hours between 07:30 and 20:00

Our Vision: A UK where No good food goes to waste.

The Felix Project and FareShare have recently merged to form the UK's largest food redistribution charity. Its vision is a UK where good food is never wasted, and nobody goes hungry.

The organisation rescues high quality edible surplus food, from across the food industry and gets it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are working to strengthen communities and improve lives.

The charity manages seven depots across London, Suffolk, Merseyside and Hampshire and works with 16 network partners who operate a further 26 regional depots across the UK.

Over the next year our ambition is to rescue enough food nationally to provide nearly 200 million meals, turning an environmental problem into social good with measurable impact for people, planet, and the economy.

Purpose of the Job

We are looking for the Head Chef to play a key role leading the team at Felixs Kitchen to continue and grow on the success of the last four years of operations.

Felixs Kitchen opened in 2021 and has grown its impact and output since then, to now be a one-of-a-kind kitchen producing 4.5-5 thousand ready meals 6 days a week made entirely from surplus ingredients. No two days will ever be the same, we work with surplus ingredients meaning each dish is unique and based on the incredible seasonal surplus ingredients we have received into out Poplar Depot based next to the kitchen. We have a core team of staff who run the operation but our work force in made up volunteers who support all aspects of our kitchen operations.

The new Head Chef will line manage the chef team of roughly 10 people and be working in our main production kitchen every day, leading the team from the front, setting the standards and organising the days production. Whilst managing, planning and leading are the core of the role it is a hands-on role working in the kitchen to achieve the daily production targets and cooking new recipes each day. Duties and Responsibilities

Lead the Kitchen side of the operation on a day-to-day basis, setting the prep and cooking schedules for the day(s) ahead Support the team from the front in delivering the days output objectives and problem solving across the kitchen operation Line Manage the Kitchen team, focussed on the daily management but also working on people and team management alongside the kitchen manager Work alongside the kitchen management team to ensure all H&S, Food Safety and HACCP standards are met Participate in all external Health & Safety and Food Safety audits and carry out internal audits/checklist Be responsible for all safety paperwork and monitoring information from the kitchen operations Be accountable for the creation of unique recipe and spec sheets every day and managing the team to do so Create and monitor the packing list for the packing team to produce the final meal products, ensuring accurate labelling and allergen information is given Monitor and control inbound food supplies, ensuring the ingredients are used effectively and safely Maintaining cleanliness standards throughout the kitchen and food storage areas Working alongside the kitchen manager on improving quality, quantity and consistency of Felix Meals Ensure the team can provide a hot lunch for the staff at Poplar each day from our surplus ingredients Working to support the volunteers in the kitchen, with hands on instructions and overall experience management Support the Chef Trainer in the execution of our Commis Chef Apprenticeship Programme Your normal duties and responsibilities will be set out in your job description. However, the charity may require you to perform other duties from time to time. Recruitment timeline

We reserve the right to close advertisements early and we might assess candidates and arranging interview as applications come in, so please apply as soon as possible, to avoid missing out on this opportunity.

Due to the anticipated large number of applicants, if you do not hear from us within four weeks of your application, we regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful. Consequently, will not be able to provide feedback. TPBN1_UKCT
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