Catering Manager

Exemplar Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction programme

Buddy system

Ongoing training and progression

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Catering Manager for Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland. You will lead the Catering Team to provide healthy, inviting meals, coordinating daily kitchen operations and ensuring high food hygiene standards.

Join us to deliver nutritious menus, manage dietary requirements, and contribute to a supportive, training-focused environment with induction and buddy programmes.

Qualifications

• Cook with flair for delicious, nutritious meals across dietary needs.
• Ability to develop varied menus.
• Strong leadership to support and motivate the catering team.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Preparing, cooking and serving food.
• Understanding residents' needs to develop suitable menus.
• Ensuring catering team complies with food hygiene standards.
• Completing checks and maintaining records.
• Controlling stock and purchases within budget.
• Leading and supporting catering team members.

Skills

Cook with flair

Menu development

Team leadership

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

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 the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• preparing, cooking and serving food
• understanding people's needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards
• completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget
• leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required.

You'll put people at the heart of everything you do. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you'll see great rewards.

If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

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

You're 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 budgetadaptable 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 you'll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland.

As Catering Manager, you'll lead our Catering Team in providing healthy and inviting meals for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Hylton Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

Hylton Grange supports 30 adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease across three units.

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