Rider House Nursing Home
Role: Head Cook – 37 hours per week
Reporting to: Home Manager
Hourly Rate: £13.00 per hour
Do you have what it takes?
We're looking for a talented, enthusiastic Head Cook who has a flair for customer service, a friendly attitude towards colleagues and customers, and a love for food to join our dedicated catering team.
You will be directly responsible for all kitchen functions including food preparation and maintenance of quality standards; sanitation and cleanliness; training of employees in methods of cooking, preparation, plate presentation, portion and cost control, and sanitation and cleanliness.
You will ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the Company’s recipes, portioning, cooking, and serving standards.
Prepare a variety of meats, seafood, poultry, vegetables, and other food items for cooking in broilers, ovens, grills, fryers, and a variety of other kitchen equipment.
Know and comply consistently with our standard portion sizes, cooking methods, quality standards, and kitchen rules, policies, and procedures.
What you will bring:
* Excellent and innovative culinary and presentation skills
* Energetic with a passion to do a great job
* Able to manage staff in a calm, inspirational manner
* A passion for food
* Excellent organisation skills
* A clear understanding of profit margins, purchasing policy, budgeting, and food costing, including control
* Reliability and flexibility to support the nature of the business
Qualifications and Skills:
* A proven working knowledge of English and continental cookery
* Previous experience demonstrating good management and effective co-ordination of the hospitality team
* Intermediate food hygiene certificate
* Knowledge of HACCP
* NVQ Qualification 1,2,3
Rider House Nursing Home is part of Your Health Limited and is a progressive company that promotes career advancement opportunities, providing free both online and classroom-based training to all care staff.
Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Closing date for applications is 21st January 2025. We reserve the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications are received.
As we often have many applicants for jobs at Your Health Limited, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.00 per hour
Benefits:
* Company events
* Company pension
* Free parking
* Gym membership
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
* Store discount
Schedule:
* Monday to Friday
* Weekend availability
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 21/01/2025
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