Chef - Bank

NHS; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate Chef to join their team. This role offers the opportunity to work with fresh seasonal ingredients while creating nutritious and well-balanced menus that cater to residents' needs. Enjoy a work-life balance with flexible working patterns, avoiding split shifts and long weeks. The company is committed to quality and person-centred hospitality, providing a supportive environment for chefs to thrive. Join a team that values your culinary skills and offers long-term career growth in a rewarding setting.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified chef with City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent.
• Experience in leading a team and working with fresh seasonal food.

Responsibilities

• Assist Head Chef in creating nutritious and balanced menus.
• Manage kitchen in Head Chef's absence and ensure high-quality dishes.
• Maintain budget, stock control, and complete regular audits.

Skills

Team Leadership

Nutritional Knowledge

Culinary Skills

HACCP Understanding

Interpersonal Skills

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

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.

About Us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. They are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester is also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for.

Date Posted: 28 March 2025

Pay Scheme: Other

Salary: £16.81 an hour

Contract: Bank

Working Pattern: Flexible working

Reference Number: 1269128437

Job Locations: Barchester Healthcare, Maidstone, ME17 3LW

Job Responsibilities

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 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 with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes
• 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.

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.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Barchester Healthcare

Address: Maidstone, ME17 3LW

Employer's Website: Barchester Healthcare