Head Chef

Athena Care Homes; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run care home company in Cambridgeshire is seeking an experienced Head Chef to oversee the catering services at Ashlynn Grange Care Home. This role involves full management of kitchen staff, ensuring a high-quality dining experience for residents, and adherence to all food safety regulations. The ideal candidate will bring leadership skills and a passion for nutrition. The position offers a competitive salary and a supportive work environment with an opportunity to make a positive impact on residents' lives.

Benefits

28 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card

Access to Blue Light discount platform

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef is essential.
• Experience in a care environment is advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading and motivating a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire catering service within the home.
• Manage kitchen staff including recruitment and appraisals.
• Ensure high-quality dining experience for residents.
• Adhere to food safety and health regulations.

Skills

Team leadership

Catering management

Nutritional knowledge

Food safety practices

Job description

As the Head Chef at Ashlynn Grange Care Home, you will be responsible for overseeing the whole catering service within the home.

About Ashlynn Grange Care Home

Ashlynn Grange is an exceptional 153‑bed care home in Peterborough. The home prides itself on the surrounding gardens that grow flowers and a variety of different vegetables. The level of care at Ashlynn Grange is exceptional, and all staff love to keep residents entertained with a full programme of activities and live performances on our outdoor stage. Our newly refurbished café is available to our residents and their visitors, serving a variety of fresh tea, coffee and cakes daily.

About the role

As a Head Chef, you will have overall responsibility for the set up and maintenance of the catering services within the two homes. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Head Chef seeking their next step – you will have full line management duties of both the kitchen teams including rotas, appraisals and absence management.

Salary: £17.77 per annum.

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week, across Monday to Sunday with no late nights or split shifts, and every other weekend off as standard.

Home Location: Bretton Gate, Peterborough, PE3 9UZ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality.
• Line management of the kitchen team, handling recruitment and duties such as appraisals, rotas and absence management.
• Promote choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide, and ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Ensure that requirements of the Food Safety Manual, Health and Safety Manual and Meal policies requirements are met.

Training, Skills & Experience Required

• Experience as a Head Chef is essential.
• Experience in a care environment is advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.
• Ability to travel between the two locations listed above.

What we can offer

• Fully comprehensive induction
• Competitive salary
• 28 days of holiday per year
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform
• Refer a friend scheme

About Athena

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk). We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities. Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care. We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.