Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; Preston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Preston is seeking a Catering Manager to lead the kitchen team and create nutritious meals for residents. The role involves managing kitchen operations, developing menus, and ensuring food hygiene compliance. Ideal candidates will have experience in a similar position, strong communication skills, and a flair for cooking. This is a full-time position with great benefits including supervision, discounts, and support.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience managing a catering budget.
• Previous experience in a similar position.
• Ability to create varied dietary menus.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Prepare, cook, and serve food.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Lead and manage the Catering Team.

Skills

Menu development

Team coordination

Food preparation

Budget management

Excellent communication

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Overview

Position: Catering Manager
Care home: Ribble View
Location: Preston, PR1 4UD
Contract type: Full time, 40 hours including weekends
Rate: £14.43
Care home CQC rating: Good

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

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

Ribble View is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. The home is also registered to support adults with learning disabilities, where it’s the right fit. 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

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.

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

• 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.