Creative Chef | 37.5h, Menu Innovation & Team Training

Elysium Healthcare; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Birthday off

Training & development

Ely-Vate discounts

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Earned wage access

24/7 GP

Enhanced Maternity Package

Pension

Job summary

Join St Neot's Neurological Centre as a Chef, working 37.5 hours a week to craft daily meals for service users, staff and visitors. You’ll support the Head Chef, manage stock and food safety, and have input into new menus while catering for events and special occasions.

You’ll supervise peers, help with costings and ensure high standards across all meals, maintaining a friendly, collaborative kitchen culture and a balanced work-life pattern.

Qualifications

• 18 years or older
• GCSE English or equivalent
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
• Basic Food Hygiene (essential)
• Intermediate Food Hygiene (desirable)
• Previous experience in a similar environment
• Previous experience in delivering a service on mass
• Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef for day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures.
• Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of dietary requirements.
• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous manner.
• Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets.
• Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures.
• Adhering to the Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) standards and record keeping.
• Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times.
• Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation.
• Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals meet healthy eating guidelines.
• Filing HACCP paperwork (fridge temps, logs, cleaning schedules).

Skills

Age 18+

GCSE English

Food preparation

Food hygiene

Menu costing

Stock control

Budget experience

Mass service delivery

Menu planning

Education

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Job description

Join St Neot's Neurological Centre as a Chef, working 37.5 hours a week to craft daily meals for service users, staff and visitors. You’ll support the Head Chef, manage stock and food safety, and have input into new menus while catering for events and special occasions.

You’ll supervise peers, help with costings and ensure high standards across all meals, maintaining a friendly, collaborative kitchen culture and a balanced work-life pattern.