South Coast Nursing Homes, Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Job Description
Posted Friday 10 January 2025 at 01:00
South Coast Nursing Homes is an established and successful, family owned and managed, care home company with its head office in Worthing, West Sussex.
We currently operate 9 homes across East and West Sussex.
Each of our registered homes offers the highest standards of resident care and comfort, 24 hours – day and night, for long and short-term stays.
The Chef must be able to implement the standards set by the Executive chef, always looking to drive the food offering forwards, delivering new dishes which inspire and delight – providing a real wow factor to mealtimes.
As a Chef, you will be working with a team of kitchen assistants to ensure the highest standard of food is prepared for the residents in accordance with food hygiene regulations.
This role is a bank role so would be as and when needed.
Job Responsibilities
* To lead a team of kitchen assistants in the implementation of consistently inspirational food choices – across all service points of the Home.
* To maintain the standards set by the Head chef – food choice/quality; table settings; hygiene in the kitchens and wider dining environments; staff appearance and behaviour; training and development; safe use of equipment – to name just a few.
* To manage the hygiene, cleaning and safety of all the catering facilities – including the reporting of equipment failures. Correct maintenance of equipment is paramount to preventing issues (descaling, degreasing) and must be monitored on a daily basis.
* To adhere to the requirements of essential record keeping as dictated by the Head chef to ensure we comply with the law – HACCP; temperature checks; kitchen audits.
Minimum Requirements
The successful candidate will possess:
* Level 2 Chef (Professional Cooking) minimum requirement for this role.
* Experience in a busy catering environment.
* A Food Hygiene Level 2/3 qualification, or greater will be required.
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