Chef - Bank

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

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate Chef to join their team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with fresh seasonal food, creating nutritious and well-balanced menus while ensuring high standards of hospitality. As a Bank Chef, you'll assist in managing kitchen operations, leading a team, and delivering exceptional dining experiences without the burden of split shifts. With a focus on work-life balance and personal growth, this position allows you to showcase your culinary talent in a supportive environment that values quality and well-being.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and inspiring a culinary team.
• Good understanding of nutrition and HACCP standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious menus tailored for residents.
• Manage kitchen operations and deliver high-quality dishes.

Skills

Team Leadership

Nutrition Understanding

Customer Service

Food Preparation

HACCP Knowledge

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

This is a temporary Chef role at Barchester Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider in the UK with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. The role involves working with fresh seasonal food, creating nutritious and well-balanced menus, and delivering hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. Barchester is consistently reinvesting and growing, offering long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus while working with residents to tailor menus around them. You will help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, work with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes, and help create a warm, efficient and fun environment. You will also be responsible for working within budget, completing regular audits, managing stock control, and assisting in leading and motivating a team.

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 loves to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You should hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, have experience in helping lead and inspire a team, a good understanding of nutrition and working with fresh seasonal food, and a 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.