Chef - Rookwood

South Coast Nursing Homes; Burgess Hill; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Earned pay on demand

Contributory pension

Employee assistance program

Full uniform provided

Free DBS and Uniform

Subsidised meals

Job summary

South Coast Nursing Homes is seeking an experienced Chef to join our care home kitchen team. You will work with a kitchen assistant to prepare high-quality meals for residents, adhering to food hygiene standards and company recipes.

The role involves leading on kitchen standards, maintaining hygiene, and overseeing daily operations to ensure a safe, welcoming dining experience for residents and staff.

Qualifications

• Requires Level 2 Chef (Professional Cooking).
• Experience in a busy catering environment is essential.
• A Food Hygiene Level 2/3 qualification or higher is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen assistant in delivering consistently inspirational food across all service points.
• Maintain standards set by the Executive Chef including food quality, hygiene, and staff appearance.
• Manage hygiene, cleaning and safety of all catering facilities and report equipment issues.
• Maintain essential records as required by HACCP, temperature checks and kitchen audits.

Skills

Busy catering environment

Food passion

Education

Level 2 Chef (Professional Cooking)

Food Hygiene Level 2/3

Job description

South Coast Nursing Homes is an established and successful, family owned and managed, care home company with its head office in Worthing, West Sussex.
We currently operate 9 homes across East and West Sussex.
Each of our registered homes offers the highest standards of resident care and comfort, 24 hours – day and night, for long and short-term stays.

The Chef must be able to implement the standards set by the Company Chef, always looking to drive the food offering forwards, delivering new dishes which inspire and delight – providing a real wow factor to mealtimes.

As a Chef you will be working with a kitchen assistant to ensure the highest standard of food is prepared for the residents in accordance to food hygiene regulations.

This role will be 36hrs – including every other weekend

Week 1 – Mon, Tue, Thurs and Fri

Week 2 – Mon, Tue, Sat and Sun

Job responsibilities

• To lead the kitchen assistant in the implementation of consistently inspirational food choices – across all service points of the Home.
• To maintain the standards set by the Executive Chef – food choice / quality; table settings; hygiene in the kitchens and wider dining environments; staff appearance and behaviour; training and development; safe use of equipment – to name just a few.
• To manage the hygiene, cleaning and safety of all the catering facilities – including the reporting of equipment failures. Correct maintenance of equipment is paramount to preventing issues (descaling, degreasing) and must be monitored on a daily basis.
• To adhere to the requirements of essential record keeping as dictated by the Head chef to ensure we comply with the law – HACCAP; Temperature checks; Kitchen audits.

The successful candidate will possess:

• Level 2 Chef (Professional Cooking) minimum requirement for this role.
• The role will require experience busy catering environment
• A Food Hygiene Level 2/ 3 qualification, or greater will be required.
• A passion for food.

Benefits:

• £14.28p/h Weekdays and £14.99 Weekends
• Access to earned pay on demandContributory company pension scheme
• Employee assistance program
• Full Uniform provided
• Free DBS and Uniform
• Subsidised food whilst on duty

Here at South Coast Nursing Homes, we value diversity and are committed to a culture of inclusivity, respect, and equality.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or socio-economic background.

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