Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Coventry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider is looking for a Catering Manager at Birch View in Coventry. You'll create nutritious menus and manage a kitchen team, ensuring high standards of food hygiene. The ideal candidate should have experience in catering management and team leadership skills. The role includes overseeing the kitchen operations and preparing meals for a diverse clientele. Great benefits and career progression opportunities are offered in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a catering budget.
• Previous experience in a similar position, ideally in a catering team.
• Excellent team player, able to coordinate and motivate.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Prepare, cook, and serve food.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Control stock and purchases within budget.

Skills

Creative menu development

Team management

Verbal and written communication

Budget management

Adaptability

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position: Catering Manager

Care home: Birch View

Location: Sherwood Jones Close, Radford, Coventry, CV6 1QT

Contract type: Full Time - 40 hours per week

Rate: £14.43 per hour

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

As our Catering Manager, you’ll have the creative freedom to design and make healthy and inviting meals for the people we support within our brand new purpose built kitchen.

You’ll lead the Catering Team to develop exciting menus and have the unique opportunity to help shape the team’s culture from the start.

About Exemplar Health Care

Birch View is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

When open, Birch View will provide nursing care for adults living with complex needs arising from brain injuries, dementia, mental health conditions, neuro‑disabilities, 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 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.

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.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030505883/

About you

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 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 you’ll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.

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? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail]

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