Catering Manager

JR United Kingdom; Bishop Auckland; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a passionate Catering Manager to lead their kitchen team at Laurel Place care home. Responsibilities include managing daily operations, preparing nutritious meals for residents with varying dietary needs, and ensuring high standards of food hygiene. This role offers a great opportunity to make a difference and work within a brand new kitchen environment.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Excellent supervision and peer support

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar management position in catering or hospitality.
• Flair for creating nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements.
• Excellent team player with communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily kitchen operations and catering team.
• Prepare, cook, and serve meals while ensuring food hygiene standards.
• Develop suitable menus based on residents' dietary needs.

Skills

Team Leadership

Menu Development

Food Hygiene

Communication

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene Qualification

Job description

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Position:Catering Manager
Care home:Laurel Place
Location:Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG
Contract type:Full Time - 40 hours per week
Rate:Up to £13.72 per hour depending on qualifications

Are you an experienced Cook with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland.

As Catering Manager, youll lead our Catering Team in providing Chef quality healthy and inviting meals for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built kitchen. Youll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Laurel Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the countrys leading nursing care providers.

When open, Laurel Place will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Catering Managers cook delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• managing theday-to-day runningof the kitchen
• preparing,cookingand serving food
• understanding peoples needs, likes and choices todevelop suitable menus
• ensuring your Catering Team complies withfood hygienestandards
• completing relevantchecksand maintainingrecords
• controlling stock and purchases within an allocatedbudget
• leading andmanagingyour Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required.

If you havent worked in the care sector before, well help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more:

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030505883/

About you

Above all, youre someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Youre also:

• a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements
• creative in menu development and food preparation
• an excellent team player, able to coordinate, support and motivate a team
• experienced in managing a catering budget
• adaptable and flexible
• someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We like our Catering Managers to have, or be working towards, a Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification.

As this is a management position, we expect youll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering, kitchen team or hospitality.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? Wed love to hear from you. Click the button to APPLY NOW.

Please note,applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. Were unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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