Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Wigan; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Catering Manager for Lakeview care home in Wigan. The role involves managing kitchen operations, creating nutritious menus for varied dietary needs, and leading a team. Ideal candidates will have experience in catering management and a flair for food preparation. The position offers supportive benefits and career development opportunities in a rewarding 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

• Flair for nutritious meal preparation for varied dietary requirements.
• Experience leading a catering or kitchen team.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily kitchen operations.
• Prepare and serve food while ensuring hygiene standards.
• Control stock and manage budget.

Skills

Creativity in menu development

Team management

Excellent communication skills

Experience in managing a catering budget

Adaptability

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position: Catering Manager
Care home: Lakeview
Location: Leigh, Wigan
Contract type: 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 Lakeview care home in Wigan.

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

Lakeview 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, dementia, neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease, 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

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.

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Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 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.