Success Stories

Liz Binding, HEAD OF FACILITIES & PROJECTS

"I started working for TCG back in 2010 as a part-time Team Member when I was 16, working alongside 6th Form and Uni. TCG were very supportive and provided me with the flexibility to allow me to focus on my studies while also wanting to pursue a management career, where I stepped into this by being a 'Sunday Fryer'. The Sunday Fryer role was a similar role to the current 'Shift Supervisor' now, which involved me running a shift every Sunday, giving me fundamental management and leadership skills.

Following this I became a full time Fryer (leading the store team and cooking), then I progressed to Assistant Manager and then progressed to Store Manager at one of our flagship Churchill's Fish & Chip stores.

After 2 years working as Store Manager, I started a new role as 'Operations Brand Manager' at our Head Office. 2 years after that I got promoted to be 'Project Manager' which is my current role today! I now lead a team of 3, covering areas of customer service, operational support and Project Management/ maintenance.

TCG have supported and developed me since I was 16, and gave me a strong career to progress into with multiple training opportunities along the way...from serving Fish & Chips on the counter, to fitting out our new stores! 🙂"

Josh Brown, Operations Manager

"I started my journey with The Chesterford Group back in 2016. I had run stores as a Manager within the food service industry before but with the Chesterford Group it was different...There was a family ethos and a team energy I had not experienced with other employers. From day 1 I felt included and part of something bigger than just myself, my team and my store. The passion and drive that runs deep through the company is unmatched with an added healthy competition on who can fry the best quality fish and chips (definitely themselves would be everyone's answer - mine included!). I held the position of Store Manager within the Basildon branch on The Knares for 13 months before applying to the Relief Manager position. Relief Managers are responsible for covering holidays, absences and new store openings company wide, during my two years as a Relief Manager I covered 32 of the 38 sites. Visiting so many sites in a short time frame really opened my eyes to how much of a great company TCG is, across all sites the teams are friendly, welcoming and hard-working something I believe you would struggle to find with most large companies. I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent as a Relief, after my two years an opportunity to apply for an Operations Manager role became available and I applied immediately. After multiple presentations and interviews I was accepted and began my new journey as an Operations Manager with TCG. As an Operations Manager I wear many hats and am responsible for many different aspects of the business i.e. KPI's, Recruitment, Maintenance, Training and Business Growth to name a few. The Chesterford Group have always supported me and others in our personal development and growth, TCG is obsessed with providing great opportunities for their employees and fantastic award-winning Fish and Chips to their customers!"