We are currently seeking an experienced Chef to join our catering team in our Taunton Hospice.This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to demonstrate creativity alongside their culinary skills.
You will join us on a part time (18.5 hours per week), permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £12,318.50 plus 14% unsocial hours enhancement.
What can you expect to be doing?
With the support of our kitchen assistants and volunteers, your day-to-day work will include:
- Working with fresh, seasonal ingredients to create well balanced and innovative meals.
- Demonstrating creativity in menus, meals for functions, and retail food to reflect the diversity of our patients, staff, and visitors.
- Undertaking opening and closing checks and completing relevant documentation in line with safer foods better business and requirements of environmental health inspections
- Where necessary, modifying dishes to meet patients' dietary requirements.
- Introducing the service to all patients and families on the Inpatient Unit. Discussing their individual requirements for each meal with attention to their appetite, preference, food allergies, religious and ethnic dietary needs.
The catering service operates over 7 days a week, including bank holidays, between the hours of 7am and 7.30pm.
If you are looking for a job where you can make a significant contribution to the overall catering experience, we would be delighted to hear from you.
What can you expect to be good at?
You will need to:
- Be passionate about the production of high-quality food, that enhances our patients experience in the hospice.
- Have a good working knowledge of food hygiene, including all allergens and Natasha’s Law.
Although predominantly based in Taunton, this role will require working some unsocial hours, and covering for holidays and sickness at our Yeovil hospice site, as well as providing catering at our fundraising events. Therefore, flexibility and your own mode of transport with business insurance is necessary for this position.
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