Chef

St Leonard's Hospice; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift enhancements on weekends

41 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Staff discounts

Free onsite parking

Career development opportunities

Job summary

St Leonard's Hospice in York is seeking a full-time Chef to join our catering team. You will prepare, cook and serve meals for patients and staff, ensuring dietary requirements are met and food safety standards are followed.

You will work 37.5 hours per week over five days with occasional weekend shifts. We offer generous annual leave, an attractive pension, staff discounts, free onsite parking and a supportive working environment designed for a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience of working operationally within a catering environment.
• To maintain consistent food standards and presentation whilst prioritising a workload.
• To be an effective team player.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook and serve meals
• Ensure allergies and special dietary requests are dealt with appropriately
• Deal with daily deliveries and stock rotation
• Comply with Food Safety regulations

Skills

Catering experience

Teamwork

Food safety knowledge

Job description

Are you looking for a Chef role that offers you a great work-life balance? At St Leonard’s Hospice, we are recruiting for a passionate and food focussed full-time Chef to join our catering team.

Our Chefs provide consistent high-quality food for our patients and other key stakeholders at the Hospice and on a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Prepare, cook and serve meals
• Ensure allergies and special dietary requests are dealt with appropriately
• Deal with daily deliveries and stock rotation
• Comply with Food Safety regulations

To fulfil the Chef role, you will need:

• Experience of working operationally within a catering environment
• To maintain consistent food standards and presentation whilst prioritising a workload
• To be an effective team player

What’s in it for you:

• Shift enhancements when working on a weekend
• Generous annual leave entitlement of up to 41 days
• Attractive pension schemes
• Extensive employee discounts on shops, holidays and lifestyle choices and Blue Light Card discounts
• Opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Free onsite car parking
• Day shifts which allow you to have a great work/life balance
• A supportive and friendly working environment

This is a full-time role, working 37.5 hours per week, 5days over 7 working alternate weekends. The Catering team’s shift patterns are normally worked between 7.30am – 6.30pm (either an early or late, based on a 7.5 hour shift length), which allows our team to have a great work-life balance.The salary band for this role is £25,909 - £27,653 per annum.