Catering Managers

Exemplar Ltd; Coalville; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle rewards

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care seeks a Catering Manager for Primrose Place in Coalville. You will design nutritious menus, lead the catering team, and ensure high-quality meals for residents with varied dietary needs in a brand-new kitchen.

Responsibilities include daily kitchen operations, food preparation and service, menu development, budgeting, and maintaining hygiene and records. Prior care sector experience is beneficial, with induction and ongoing training provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering for care settings is advantageous.
• Proven ability to design nutritious menus for varied dietary needs.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.],
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Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen and catering operation.
• Prepare, cook and serve food to residents.
• Develop engaging menus based on dietary requirements and preferences.
• Ensure food hygiene standards are met and records are kept accurate.
• Control stock and purchases within a defined budget.
• Lead and develop the catering team, providing induction and training.

Skills

Culinary skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Food hygiene knowledge

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene

Job description

Catering Manager Coalville, LE67 3LN

Position: Catering Manager

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.

When open, 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.

We're one of the UK's leading providers of nursing care for adults living with complex needs, with more than 60 care homes across England.

Everything we do is guided by our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

This creates a supportive environment where colleagues can grow and make every day better for the people we support.

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 budgetadaptable 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.

Applicant 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.

Getting to Primrose Place

Primrose Place, Ashby Road, Coalville, LE67 3LB

Primrose Place is a short drive from the M1, A42, and other major roads.

If you’re travelling on the M1:

• Take the A42 junction.
• Take the A511 slip road to Ashby/Burton/Coalville
• At the roundabout, take the second exit onto Ashby Road/A511
• At the roundabout, take the third exit onto Ashby Road.

Please note, Primrose Place won’t be available to find on Google or Apple Maps until the home is registered with CQC.

The home’s a short walk from several bus stops.

• Snibston Colliery Park bus stop (stop ID: leijgamw), which is accessed by buses 15, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, 125, and X29
• Discovery Park bus stop (stop ID: leijgapt), which is accessed by buses 15, 29, 29A, 29B, 29S, and 125
• Memorial Square bus stop (stop ID: leijgamt), which is accessed by buses 11, 11A, , 29A, 29B, 29S, , X16, X29, and skylink.

There are no train station's in the local area.

Loughborough - 12 miles away (35 minute drive).