Assistant Chef

Healthcare Homes Group; Saxtead Little Green; Sur place; GBP 12 000 - 21 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Company pension

Refer a friend

Employee Assistance Programme

Training courses through Healthcare  H

Blue Light Card

Recognition awards

Food Production Apprenticeships

Résumé du poste

Healthcare Homes Group in Saxtead (Foxearth Lodge) is seeking a part-time cook to support the kitchen team in a busy nursing home serving 67 residents. You will help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence and deliver nutritious dishes to a high standard while maintaining stock control.

The role involves leading a team, planning menus with the Head Chef, ordering supplies, and minimising wastage. City and Guilds/NVQ qualifications are preferred but training can be provided through our

Qualifications

• Experience in working in a professional kitchen.
• Good organisational skills.
• Knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards.

Responsabilités

• Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence.
• Deliver nutritious and wholesome dishes cooked to high quality.
• Manage stock control.
• Assist in leading and motivating a team.
• Support Head Chef with writing/planning weekly menus, ordering and minimising wastage.

Connaissances

Kitchen experience

Organisational skills

Food hygiene knowledge

Formation

City and Guilds / NVQ

Description du poste

33 hours per week (includes alternate weekends)

Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives?

If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to join our kitchen team in our lovely nursing home, Foxearth Lodge in Saxtead , catering for 67residents.

Foxearth Lodge provides nursing, residential, respite and dementia care to residents within the area of Saxtead in Suffolk. The home can also provide care for younger people with physical disabilities. The environment within the home is calming and cheerful among staff and residents – there is a real family feel.

What would a typical day look like?

Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence

Work to deliver nutritious and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards

Manage stock control

To assist in leading and motivating a team

Support the Head Chef with writing and planning weekly menus, ordering as well as keeping wastage to a minimum.

The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

Company Pension

Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person

Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing

Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy

Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 2 and Level 3 in Food Production

Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality

Recognition and Long Service awards

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.