Chef - Bank

Barchester Healthcare; Ferndown; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a dedicated Bank Chef who values fresh seasonal food and work-life balance. In this role, you will create menus tailored to resident needs, lead a warm team, and maintain high standards of culinary quality. Join a leading healthcare provider known for their commitment to quality and employee satisfaction, with opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Opportunity to showcase at Barchester Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Must possess City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent.
• Experience in leading and motivating a team.
• Good understanding of HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Assist Head Chef in creating nutritious and balanced menus.
• Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence.
• Create high-quality dishes from fresh produce.

Skills

Team Leadership

Nutritional Understanding

Work with Fresh Seasonal Food

Warm and Personable Approach

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

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Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter?

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.

Barchester is one of the UKs leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due 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 of standards.

We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work.

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

To 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 celebre life, Barchester is the place to be

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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