Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Head Chef to join their award-winning team.
Main duties of the job
As a Head Chef at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to manage and lead a culinary team that provides nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service to the residents. You will be responsible for preparing modified diets, placing food orders, supervising and directing the work of other kitchen staff, and ensuring safe systems of work across the range of tasks.
Job responsibilities
Shift Details: 6:30 AM - 5 PM
Your focus as a Head Chef will be to manage and lead a culinary team that provides nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service that contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
* Placing food orders, subject to appropriate levels of authority, with approved suppliers, complying with procedures to maintain appropriate stock levels and control, ensuring good quality provisions are purchased within agreed budget limits.
* Supervising and directing the work of other kitchen staff and the Host team, instructing and demonstrating simple food preparation activities to unqualified staff.
* Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks and moving and handling loads by assessing risk and having due regard for the personal safety of residents, visitors, and staff.
About you
To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Two years experience managing a culinary team in the care or hospitality sectors.
* Hold a relevant catering qualification City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ.
* Demonstrate passion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary standards to residents.
* Demonstrate an ability to control a budget.
Additional Information
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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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