Chef - Bank - Maidstone

Barchester Limited; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Maidstone is seeking an experienced Chef to work with fresh seasonal food, creating nutritious menus while ensuring high standards. You'll benefit from a work-life balance with alternate weekends, free development opportunities, and various discounts. Join a passionate team that values quality hospitality.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Showcase at annual hospitality awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in helping lead and inspire a team.
• Good understanding of HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Deliver hotel/restaurant standards without split shifts.
• Assist Head Chef in creating nutritious menus.
• Deliver person-centered hospitality across services.

Skills

Personable and warm approach

Understanding of nutrition

Ability to create a welcoming environment

Experience working with fresh seasonal food

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Overview

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

Qualifications

• 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

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.
• 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

Benefits

• 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