Chef - Bank

NHS; Banbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Bank Chef, where your culinary skills will shine in a supportive environment. This role offers the opportunity to create delicious, nutritious meals while working closely with residents to tailor menus to their needs. Enjoy a work-life balance with no split shifts, while being part of a team that values quality and hospitality. With a focus on fresh seasonal ingredients and a warm atmosphere, you'll help foster a welcoming space for all. If you’re passionate about cooking and dedicated to enhancing the wellbeing of others, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Work life balance

Free learning and development

Holiday discounts

Retail discounts

Leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Must hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience in leading a team and understanding nutrition is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist Head Chef in creating nutritious and well-balanced menus.
• Manage kitchen in Head Chef's absence and maintain high standards.

Skills

Personable approach

Team leadership

Nutrition understanding

Fresh seasonal food experience

HACCP knowledge

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Barchester Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider in the UK, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. They are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest standards.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome, and well-balanced menus while working with residents to tailor menus around them. Barchester is looking for warm, motivated, and passionate chefs who are driven by quality and can create a warm and welcoming environment within their homes.

Job responsibilities

Working as a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person-centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality.

NEED TO HAVE

• A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
• Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
• Experience in helping lead and inspire a team
• A good understanding of nutrition
• Experience of working with fresh seasonal food
• The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home
• Good understanding of HACCP

NEED TO DO

• Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence
• Work fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards
• Help create a warm, efficient and fun environment
• Work within budget
• Complete regular audits
• Manage stock control
• Assist in leading and motivating a team

REWARDS PACKAGE

Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends, free learning and development, a range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts, opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards, unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.

If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who love to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
• Experience in helping lead and inspire a team
• A good understanding of nutrition
• Experience of working with fresh seasonal food
• The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment
• Good understanding of HACCP

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.