Chef - Bank

Integrated Care System; Wealden; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity is available for a qualified Chef at a leading healthcare provider in the UK. The role offers the chance to work with fresh, seasonal food while collaborating with the Head Chef to create high-quality meals for residents. As a bank chef, you can enjoy a better work-life balance and work in a warm, friendly environment while utilizing your culinary skills in a fulfilling role.

Benefits

Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends

Free learning and development

A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Opportunity to showcase talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards

Unlimited access to Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• You will need to hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in helping lead and inspire a team.
• Good understanding of HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence.
• Create high quality and wholesome dishes.
• Assist in leading and motivating a team.

Skills

Nutrition

Team Leadership

Hospitality

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

This is an opportunity for a qualified chef to work in a healthcare setting with a focus on fresh, seasonal, and nutritious food. The role involves working alongside the Head Chef to create menus and deliver high-quality meals to residents, while also managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence. The successful candidate will have a warm, personable approach and a passion for delivering excellent hospitality.

Main duties of the job

The Chef - Bank role at Barchester Healthcare involves working as part of the catering team to prepare and serve high-quality, nutritious meals to residents. You will assist the Head Chef in menu creation, using fresh seasonal produce to deliver flavoursome and well-balanced dishes. The role also requires managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, including stock control, budgeting, and leading the team. You will need to have a good understanding of nutrition and HACCP, as well as experience working with fresh seasonal food and leading 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 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.

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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You will need to hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, as well as experience in helping lead and inspire a team.

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.