Catering Manager

Riverside Academy is looking for a Catering Manager who can whip up a mean mac & cheese, serve up smiles, and master the art of the perfect consistency for custard.

No cape required—just bring your sense of humour, a love for children, and the ability to navigate a lunch rush like a pro. If you can handle the heat of the kitchen (and a few picky eaters), we want you on our team!

Apply now and become the unsung hero of our school’s lunch hour, providing children with their fuel for school.

About the Role

Responsible for the operational efficiency of the catering service, planning, preparation, and presentation of food to the required standard within the budget limitations as agreed with the school management. Maintenance of the highest standards of personnel management, hygiene, and health and safety.

Are you:

1. Hard-working, honest, dependable, and self-motivated?
2. Capable of establishing good working relationships with staff, pupils, and parents?
3. An exceptional cook, passionate about healthy, high-quality nutrition?
4. Committed to teamwork?
5. Child-centered and solution-focused?

If so, you’ll love to work at Riverside Academy.

Our children deserve the best, and as a Catering Manager at Riverside Academy, you will be a part of our innovative approach to school catering – REAch2EAT. You will have a passion for cooking and providing high-quality meals using fresh, local produce as well as delivering exceptional service to our children.

Food served in school forms a part of our healthy school’s ethos, and exceptional nutrition supports our drive for exceptional opportunities for learning. The successful applicant can expect to work as part of a committed school team as well as a wider support network of our REAch2EAT Catering Team.

We can offer you:

1. A firm commitment to you and your professional development
2. Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic, and hardworking colleagues, staff, and governors
3. An inspiring learning community
4. Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference
5. Opportunities to further develop your career within our Multi Academy Trust, REAch2, the largest primary-only academy trust in the country
6. A support network within REAch2EAT including our Catering Lead
7. And, most importantly, AMAZING children just waiting to meet you.