Creative Chef - 37.5h/wk, 2 Days Off, Great Work-Life

Elysium Healthcare; Winwick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual salary

33 days annual leave

Career development

Ely-Vate platform

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Earned wages access

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is hiring a Chef at Arbury Court in Winwick to craft daily meals for service users, staff, and visitors. You’ll support the Head Chef, manage food preparation, and contribute to event catering while upholding health and safety standards.

With 37.5 hours per week, you’ll handle menu planning, cost control, and HACCP documentation in a calm kitchen. Expect social interaction, training peers, and a balanced work-life routine with two days off weekly.

Qualifications

• 18+ years old
• GCSE or equivalent English
• 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 the 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 any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.
• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services 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’ 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 are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.
• Correctly filing of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules

Skills

Food preparation

Menu planning

Cooking

Stock control

HACCP

Education

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Job description

Elysium Healthcare is hiring a Chef at Arbury Court in Winwick to craft daily meals for service users, staff, and visitors. You’ll support the Head Chef, manage food preparation, and contribute to event catering while upholding health and safety standards.

With 37.5 hours per week, you’ll handle menu planning, cost control, and HACCP documentation in a calm kitchen. Expect social interaction, training peers, and a balanced work-life routine with two days off weekly.