Head Chef

Agincare Group; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Agincare Group in Dorchester is seeking a cook/chef to join our care kitchen team. The role involves menu planning with the home manager, preparing meals and meeting residents' dietary needs in a supportive environment.

You should have kitchen experience, understand how to run a professional kitchen, and be comfortable with dietary requirements such as IDDSI; the shift pattern is 45 hours per week with no evenings or nights.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work.
• Background within kitchens and understanding of how to run a professional kitchen.
• Knowledge of IDDSI framework or supporting complex dietary requirements is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Menu planning with the home manager and residents' requests.
• Understanding dietary needs and ensuring textures and allergies are met.
• Kitchen management and stock, hygiene, and day-to-day running of the kitchen.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Dietary needs knowledge

Right to work

Job description

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Fancy getting a feel for the job before you apply? Come along to our Dorset Careers Open Day and find out what a career in care could really look like. Meet the team, ask any questions you have, and interview with us on the day for this role. 10th September | 10am - 2pm at the Dorchester Corn Exchange.

Are you looking for a challenging role where you can learn new skills and deliver great food? Are you experienced in catering and managing dietary requirements?

The role of a chef/cook with Agincare is more than just cooking. You will be working with our team to provide a high quality of life for those that need it.

Where you'll be working

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
• A background within kitchens and understanding of how to run a professional kitchen
• Knowledge of the IDDSI framework or supporting complex dietary requirements is desirable.
• Available to work 45 hours per week on a set shift pattern
• No evening or night work required for this position

A day in the life of a Cook

• Menu planning -Collaborating with the home manager and our residents' requests and wishes, you will be able to develop and implement menu ideas. Our homes are always having themed days and events where you can showcase your skills and creativity.
• Understanding dietary needs - You will work closely with the wider staff to ensure we are meeting our resident's specific nutritional and dietary needs including modified food textures and allergies.
• Kitchen Management -You will be the main point of contact for the kitchen and responsible for the day to day running of stock management and hygiene standards

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children's Services.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn't the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, www.agincare.com/careers