Chef - Bank

TieTalent; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Chef - Bank in Maidstone, where you will work with fresh seasonal ingredients and maintain high culinary standards. This role offers a great work-life balance while providing nutritious meals for residents. Barchester is committed to quality and invites passionate chefs to apply for a rewarding culinary career.

Benefits

Work-life balance with working days and alternate weekends

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Annual Barchester Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified chef with City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ certification.
• Experience with fresh seasonal food and leading a team.
• Good understanding of HACCP standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist head chef in creating and delivering high-quality dishes.
• Manage the kitchen in the head chef's absence.
• Ensure the kitchen environment is welcoming and efficient.

Skills

Team Leadership

Nutritional Knowledge

Food Preparation

Customer Service

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?

About

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

• Maidstone, England
  
  

Languages

• English

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• Seniority level

  Entry level

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