Chef Manager

Bupa; Tadworth; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare access

Wagestream

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Free meals

Travel loan

Pension plans

Parental leave

Menopause support

Gym discounts

Job summary

Bupa is seeking a Chef Manager for Tadworth Grove Care Home. The role is 40 hours per week with alternate weekends, offering £15.09–£16.00 per hour, plus a £3,000 annual bonus and a £1,000 welcome bonus. Shifts are 7am–6pm; health and well-being benefits are provided.

You will lead a fresh-food kitchen, develop nutritious menus, and mentor the kitchen team to ensure residents enjoy high-quality meals while adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fresh food kitchen and maintaining high hygiene standards.
• Ability to train and mentor kitchen staff to deliver excellent dining experiences.
• Strong leadership with openness to new ideas and maintaining high standards.
• Commitment to making residents feel at home through meals.

Responsibilities

• Create varied, nutritious menus aligned with residents' dietary needs.
• Lead and mentor kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience.
• Maintain high food quality and innovative cooking while upholding standards.
• Manage mandatory paperwork: COSHH, HACCP, budgets, orders and deliveries.
• Cater for special events and seasonal activities as required.

Skills

Cooking passion

Leadership

Innovative cooking

Resident care

Job description

Chef Manager

Chef Manager Tadworth Grove Care Home - The Avenue, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5AT CQC rating: GOOD Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.9/10

Salary: £15.09 – £16.00 per hour depending on experience + £3000 annual bonus* Permanent contract 40 hours each week with alternate weekends Shift pattern: 7am - 6pm Welcome bonus: £1000**

Responsibilities

• Using your passion for cooking and experience in a fresh food kitchen to create a varied and nutritional menu in line with the dietary needs and preferences of our residents
• Using your natural leadership skills to train and mentor the kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience
• Being innovative in your approach to cooking and maintaining high standards
• Managing all mandatory paperwork including: adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role

• A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates.
• You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home.
• You’re a natural leader, open to new ideas with an innovative approach to cooking, always maintaining high standards.
• You’ll enjoy mentoring and supporting others and you’ll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.

Benefits

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Your welcome bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.

You’ll also be eligible to receive a quarterly bonus based on performance. Chef Managers who achieve 6 Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) will receive a quarterly incentive of £500 (subject to usual tax & NI deductions)

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type: Full time

Job Area: Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations: Tadworth Grove

We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.