Head Chef

Quantum Care; Bushey; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Head Chef, responsible for delivering nutritious meals and managing kitchen operations. Enjoy competitive pay, career development, and various employee benefits in a supportive environment dedicated to high-quality care.

Benefits

Competitive salaries with enhancements

Career development opportunities

First class in house training

Free Employee Assistant Programme

Company Pension Scheme

Free DBS check and uniform

Access to retail discounts

Refer a friend scheme of £500

Qualifications

• Responsible for providing meals meeting diverse dietary requirements.
• Manage catering budget and produce financial performance reports.

Responsibilities

• Plan staff rotas and arrange cover for absences.
• Organise all aspects of the catering operation.
• Ensure statutory training and regular stock takes.

Skills

Communication

Budget Management

Catering Operations

Job description

Quantum Care is a not for profit company providing high quality care services for over 2000 older people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. We need the right people to join us and provide the best possible care to our residents, offering support, maintaining dignity and assisting them to enjoy every day living in our Homes.

As a Head Chef you will be responsible for:

• Providing homely meals for our residents, meeting a diverse range of dietary requirements.
• Planning staff rotas which are appropriate for the kitchen workload and arrange cover for planned absences, using existing and casual staff.
• Organising every aspect of the catering operation within the home to provide a safe, nutritious, cost effective quality service to all customers.
• Ensuring all statutory training takes place.
• Ensuring regular stock takes occur and that stock is maintained at minimum agreed levels.
• Communicating with all customers on a regular basis, whenever possible.
• Managing the catering budget and producing financial information relating to performance against the budget on a monthly basis.

If you believe this is the job for you, we would love to have you join our team and in return we will provide the following rewards & benefits:

• Competitive salaries with enhancements at weekends and Bank Holidays.
• Career development opportunities and recognition of career milestones.
• First class in house training provided from day one.
• Free Employee Assistant Programme: Providing 24/7 assistance and support to help you balance work, family and life.
• Company Pension Scheme (after 1 years’ service).
• Free DBS check and uniform.
• Access to retail discounts and offers.
• Refer a friend scheme of £500 per referral

Terms and Conditions apply to all benefits

This is a great opportunity to join a well-established, values driven company that offers varied and rewarding work and opportunities for career progression. We welcome applications from a very diverse range of people who have the right to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship to candidates at this time.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, please visit our website