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Join the prestigious Stowe Group and take responsibility for catering across multiple school sites, driving exceptional food standards, team development, and culinary excellence throughout the group.\nBased within the stunning grounds of Stowe School, you'll work closely with kitchen teams across the schools, delivering fresh, modern, and nutritious food while ensuring consistency, innovation, and outstanding service. This is a high-profile role within a prestigious educational environment, offering the chance to influence catering across multiple locations and make a lasting impact.\nMore than just a Head Chef position, this is an opportunity to lead, inspire, and shape the future of catering within one of the UK's most respected school groups, all while working in a beautiful setting with a supportive and ambitious team.\nYou will be joining Holroyd Howe, one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.\nThe safety and wellbeing of the people we serve is at the heart of everything we do. A key element is effective allergen management; achieved through training, communication, and care, we create mealtimes where every pupil has a safe experience. Our mission is simple: to provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their job and our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.\n Key Responsibilities:\nLead kitchen operations ensuring the highest standards of food quality, safety, and presentation\nCreate innovative and seasonal menus tailored to the school’s requirements\nManage kitchen staff recruitment, training, and development\nControl budgets, stock, and supplier relationships efficiently\nEnsure compliance with all food safety, health & safety, and safeguarding policies\nCollaborate with the wider catering and school teams to deliver outstanding customer experiences\nAccountability for following and championing allergen controls\n Candidate Profile:\nIdeally, you will have experience as an Head Chef within a contract catering environment, preferably in independent education, or a high-profile business and industry setting.\nStrong leadership and team management skills\nPassionate about fresh, quality ingredients and innovative menus\nExcellent organisational, communication, and financial management skills\nKnowledge of current food trends, sustainability, and allergen control\n We pride ourselves on:\nPeople first\nWe’re a company of individuals, united in doing our best for our clients.\nGreat food, always\nUsing only the best ingredients, our food is fresh, authentic and tailored to each school, age group, and specific needs and preferences.\nFood education\nWe educate pupils through food, encouraging them to understand and develop their own personal tastes and make informed food choices.\nRespect in everything we do\nOur respectful codes of conduct inform how we behave towards our clients and customers, suppliers and business partners, and each other.\nFresh thinking\nNew ideas for food, service and ways of working help us maintain our position as creative leaders in school catering.\nIn order to be considered for this role you must be able to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK.\nHolroyd Howe is an equal opportunities employer. 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