Second Chef - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Burwash Landing; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Yukon, Canada, is seeking a passionate Second Chef for their care home. This temporary role involves assisting the Head Chef in creating nutritious menus and managing the kitchen in their absence. Ideal candidates will hold relevant qualifications and have experience with fresh seasonal food. Barchester offers a supportive environment that values work-life balance, providing opportunities for growth and career advancement. Join a committed team where your culinary skills can truly shine.

Benefits

Work-life balance with weekends off

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Hold relevant chef qualification and experience in team leadership.
• Good understanding of nutrition and seasonal produce.
• Ability to create a welcoming environment and manage kitchen.

Responsibilities

• Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence.
• Assist the Head Chef with menu development.
• Ensure food quality by working with fresh produce.

Skills

Personable and warm approach

Team leadership experience

Understanding of nutrition

Working with fresh seasonal food

Understanding of HACCP

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification

Job description

This is a temporary role as a Second Chef at a care home operated by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK's leading healthcare providers. The successful candidate will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious and well-balanced menus for the residents, while working in a warm and welcoming environment. The role offers a good work-life balance with working days and alternate weekends.

Main duties of the job

The Second Chef will be responsible for managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, assisting with menu development, and working with fresh seasonal produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes. They will also be required to help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment, work within budget, complete regular audits, manage stock control, and assist in leading and motivating a team.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. They are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester is also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for.

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 Second 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.

Barchester is one of the UKs leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards.

We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work.

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

• Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence
• Assist the Head Chef in menu development
• 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
• To 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

• The successful candidate must hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, have experience in helping lead and inspire a team, a good understanding of nutrition and 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.