Catering Manager

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a Catering Manager to lead the kitchen team at Lepton Heights. You will ensure the delivery of healthy and delicious meals while managing a budget and meeting dietary requirements. The role requires creativity, team coordination, and strong communication skills, with opportunities for career progression and excellent perks such as pre-pay access and career development support.

Benefits

Supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in a catering management role.
• Ability to create nutritious meals for varied dietary needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the kitchen operations and team.
• Prepare and serve meals based on dietary requirements.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Control stock and manage budget allocations.

Skills

Menu development

Food preparation

Team coordination

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position: Catering Manager
Care home: Lepton Heights
Location: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG
Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week including weekends
Rate: £14.43 per hour

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as a Catering Manager at Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield

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

About Exemplar Health Care

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

Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as 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.

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 with Wagestream
• 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.