Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to wages before payday

Discounts and rewards

DBS check free

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Jubilee Heights care home in Bury is seeking a Catering Manager to lead a brand-new kitchen. You will design healthy menus, manage the catering team, and ensure high-quality meals for residents with varied dietary needs.

The role emphasises budget control, staff induction, training, and a strong focus on food hygiene and safety. A supportive employer with induction, buddying, and ongoing opportunities is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering within care or similar environment.
• Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification preferred.
• Ability to design nutritious menus within dietary requirements.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Team leadership

Menu development

Budget management

Food hygiene

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

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Position: Catering Manager

Care home: Jubilee Heights

Location: Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE

Contract type: Full TIme 40 hours per week

Rate: £14.80 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Jubilee Heights care home in Bury.

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

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

When open, Jubilee Heights 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 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.

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.