Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Whitwick; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career prospects

Access to wages before payday

Discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care in the UK seeks a Catering Manager for Primrose Place care home in Coalville to design healthy menus and lead the kitchen team in a brand new facility.

You will manage daily kitchen operations, ensure hygiene standards, and work within a budget to deliver nutritious meals for residents with diverse dietary needs. Prior care sector experience is welcome.

Qualifications

• Experience in cooking delicious and nutritious meals.
• Ability to develop varied menus respecting dietary requirements.
• Strong leadership to guide a catering team.
• Experience managing a catering budget and stock.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• preparing, cooking and serving food
• understanding residents' needs to develop suitable menus
• ensuring food hygiene standards are met
• completing checks and maintaining records
• controlling stock and purchases within a budget
• leading and supporting the catering team with induction and training

Skills

Cooking

Menu development

Team leadership

Budget management

Food hygiene knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position: Catering Manager

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Care home: Primrose Place

Location: Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LB

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 Primrose Place care home in Coalville.

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

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

Due to open January 2027, Primrose Place 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.

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.

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation