Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. They are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest standards.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Chef at Barchester Healthcare involves delivering hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. The successful candidate will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome, and well-balanced menus while working with residents to tailor menus around their preferences. The chef will help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, work with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes, and help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment. They will also be responsible for working within budget, completing regular audits, managing stock control, and assisting in leading and motivating a team.
Job responsibilities
As a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome, and well-balanced menus while working with residents to tailor menus around their preferences. We are proud to deliver person-centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated, and passionate chefs driven by quality.
NEED TO HAVE
* A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
* Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
* Experience in helping lead and inspire a team
* A good understanding of nutrition
* Experience of working with fresh seasonal food
* The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home
* Good understanding of HACCP
NEED TO DO
* Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence
* Work with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes
* Help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment
* Work within budget
* Complete regular audits
* Manage stock control
* Assist in leading and motivating a team
If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company driven by quality and who loves to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The successful candidate must hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, have experience in helping lead and inspire a team, a good understanding of nutrition, working with fresh seasonal food, and a good understanding of HACCP.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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