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Head Chef Quality and Compliance (Temporary)

Dovetail Ref: 192561
FE & HE Competitive Contract / Temp senior Level 22 October 2026
West Midlands
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Education Details

Catering Further Education fe college

Job Description

Head Chef Quality and Compliance

Temporary | Contract

Location: the West Midlands

About the Role

You'll join a further education provider in a catering role that combines hands-on kitchen leadership with responsibility for food quality and compliance standards.

You'll oversee day-to-day kitchen operations while making sure food safety, hygiene and quality procedures are followed consistently and recorded accurately.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Leading the day-to-day running of the kitchen and food production.
  • Maintaining high standards of food quality, presentation and consistency.
  • Ensuring compliance with food safety and hygiene regulations.
  • Carrying out and recording quality and compliance checks.
  • Supervising and supporting kitchen staff.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • Experience as a Head Chef or in a senior kitchen role
  • Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene and compliance requirements
  • Experience of leading and supervising a kitchen team
  • An Enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months
  • Two references from your most recent employers

Desirable (but not essential):

  • Experience of working in an education or large-scale catering setting

If you're an experienced Head Chef who takes pride in quality and compliance, we'd love to hear from you.

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Grace Cousins

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Requirements

  • Experience as a Head Chef or in a senior kitchen role
  • Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene and compliance requirements
  • Experience of leading and supervising a kitchen team
  • Enhanced DBS issued within the last 12 months
  • Two references from most recent employers

Skills & Qualifications

Kitchen leadershipFood safety and hygieneCompliance managementTeam supervisionFood quality controlFood productionQuality assurance

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