Chef - Bank

Barchester Healthcare; Reading; 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 chance to create delicious, nutritious menus tailored to residents' needs, all while maintaining a work-life balance. You'll lead a team, manage kitchen operations, and uphold the highest standards of quality in food preparation. With opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to staff wellbeing, this is an exciting chance to make a difference in the lives of others while enjoying a fulfilling career. If you are passionate about quality and hospitality, this is the perfect place for you.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• A warm approach to resident wellbeing is essential.
• Experience in leading a team and understanding nutrition is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence.
• Deliver high-quality dishes using fresh produce.

Skills

Personable and warm approach

Team leadership

Understanding of nutrition

Experience with fresh seasonal food

HACCP knowledge

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

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 UK’s 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 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 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

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

NEED TO DO

1. Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef’s absence
2. Work fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards
3. Help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment
4. Work within budget
5. Complete regular audits
6. Manage stock control
7. To assist in leading and motivating a team

REWARDS PACKAGE

1. Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends
2. Free learning and development
3. A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
4. Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
5. 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.