This is a temporary chef role at Barchester Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider in the UK with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. The job involves delivering hotel/restaurant standards in a care home setting, with a focus on creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus for residents. Barchester is a growing organization that offers long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs.
Main duties of the job
The Chef - Bank role at Barchester Healthcare involves assisting the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus for residents. You will be responsible for working with fresh, seasonal produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes, while also managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, working within budget, and leading and motivating a team. The role offers a good work-life balance with working days and alternate weekends, as well as opportunities for career growth and development.
Job responsibilities
As a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to 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 them. We are proud to deliver person-centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated, and passionate chefs who are 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 cooked at the highest standards
* Help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment
* Work within budget
* Complete regular audits
* Manage stock control
* Assist in leading and motivating a team
REWARDS PACKAGE
* Work-life balance - working days with alternate weekends
* Free learning and development
* A range of holiday, retail, and leisure discounts
* Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
* Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who loves to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You will need to hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, along with experience in helping lead and inspire a team, a good understanding of nutrition, and experience of working with fresh, seasonal food. A personable and warm approach, the ability to create a warm and welcoming environment, and a good understanding of HACCP are also required.
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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