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Chef - Bank

NHS

Trowbridge

On-site

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Bank Chef, where your culinary skills will shine in creating nutritious and flavorful menus. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with fresh seasonal food while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. You'll assist in managing the kitchen, ensuring high-quality dishes, and creating a warm environment for residents. With flexible working patterns and a commitment to quality, this position is perfect for passionate chefs eager to make a difference in the lives of others. Enjoy a range of benefits and the chance to grow your career in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Work-life balance
Free learning and development
Holiday discounts
Retail discounts
Leisure discounts
Annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

  • Experience in leading and inspiring a kitchen team.
  • Strong understanding of nutrition and culinary skills.

Responsibilities

  • Assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious and balanced menus.
  • Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence and ensure quality.

Skills

Team Leadership
Nutrition Knowledge
Culinary Skills
Customer Service

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

The job is for a qualified chef to work as a Bank Chef at Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK's leading healthcare providers. The role involves creating nutritious, flavorsome, and well-balanced menus while working with residents to tailor the menus. The position offers a work-life balance with alternating weekends and a range of benefits.

Main duties of the job

The Bank Chef will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavorsome, and well-balanced menus, while working with residents to tailor the menus around their preferences. The successful candidate will be expected to 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. They 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. The company is 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 standards. The company is also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for.

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£16.25 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

1267092021

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare, Trowbridge, BA14 9EN

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 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 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, and 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

Barchester Healthcare, Trowbridge, BA14 9EN

Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/

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