A catering manager oversees the planning and delivery of food and beverage services at events, venues, hotels, or institutions such as schools and hospitals. This role involves managing staff, working with clients to design menus, ensuring food safety standards are met, and overseeing the logistics of food preparation and service. Catering managers are responsible for budgeting, ordering supplies, and maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction. The job can be fast-paced and requires excellent organisational and communication skills. Experience in hospitality and leadership is highly valued, and there are opportunities to progress to senior management roles within the industry.
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Royal Navy
( Added 04 Jun 2024 - 100 positions available )
Travelling around the world, your job will range from cooking for the ship's company on board warships or Royal Marines on land operations, to serving a fine dining experience to politically influential VIPs and Royalty. Responsibility for ordering, receiving, and accounting for provisions to sustain the menus you write ashore and at sea.
Closing date: in 22 days
Possible start date: 02 Jun 2026
Royal Navy
( Added 04 Jun 2024 - 100 positions available )
Not only will you become part of the Silent Service, the highly specialised team at the forefront of our nation’s defence, you’ll also embark on a catering career like no other, where you’ll cook for the boat’s crew as well as deliver high end front of house service to visiting VIPs and royalty when the submarine is in port.
Closing date: in 22 days
Possible start date: 02 Jun 2026
The Blue Bell Yarm
( Added 03 Mar 2026 - 1 position available )
<p>Northern Skills are recruiting on behalf of The Blue Bell Yarm for a production chef apprentice. This apprenticeship is ideal for someone looking to kickstart a career in professional cookery. You’ll be immersed in the daily operations of a busy kitchen, learning everything from knife skills to menu planning.</p>
Closing date: in 1 month
Possible start date: 01 Jul 2026
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