Catering Manager - Maternity Cover - 12 Months

Bo Asian Bistro; Walsall; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home in Walsall is seeking a Catering Manager for a maternity cover position. The role involves leading a team to provide nutritious meals, managing kitchen operations, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have experience in catering management and a flair for menu development. The position offers a competitive hourly rate and various benefits.

Benefits

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 team in a similar environment.
• Ability to create nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Prepare, cook, and serve food.
• Develop suitable menus based on dietary needs.

Skills

Team Player

Communication

Creativity

Budget Management

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene Qualification

Job description

Catering Manager - Maternity Cover - 12 Months

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Position:Catering Manager
Care home:Shire Oaks Court
Location:6 Brownhills Road, Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7BP
Contract type:40 Hours Per Week ( weekends maybe required )
Rate:£13.27 Per Hour

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Shire Oaks Courtcare home in Walsall.

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

Shire Oaks Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with dementia, complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and strokes.

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 theday-to-day runningof the kitchen
• preparing,cookingand serving food
• understanding people’s needs, likes and choices todevelop suitable menus
• ensuring your Catering Team complies withfood hygienestandards
• completing relevantchecksand maintainingrecords
• controlling stock and purchases within an allocatedbudget
• leading andmanagingyour 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
• 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’.

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.