Chef - Bank

This is a temporary chef role at Barchester Healthcare, a leading UK healthcare provider with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. The role involves working with fresh seasonal food, creating nutritious and well-balanced menus, and delivering high-quality hospitality to residents. The successful candidate will have a personable and warm approach, experience in helping lead and inspire a team, and a good understanding of nutrition and HACCP.

Main duties of the job

The job responsibilities include managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, working with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes, creating a warm and efficient environment, working within budget, completing regular audits, managing stock control, and assisting in leading and motivating a team.

Job responsibilities

Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter?

Working 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 whilst 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 fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and 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 love to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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, 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.