Head Chef

Sandstone Care Group; Fleetwood; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Sandstone Care Group as a Head Chef at Fleetwood Hall Care Home. This role involves managing the kitchen operations, ensuring quality meal experiences for residents, and leading a team in a supportive environment. Applicants should have extensive culinary experience, strong leadership skills, and relevant qualifications, including a City & Guilds Diploma.

Benefits

Free uniform

Free meals

Free DBS

Discounts on the high street

Flexible pay

Free wellbeing programme

Employee recognition scheme

Pension scheme

In-house training

Career opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in heading up kitchen environments with excellent menu-planning skills.
• Knowledge of EHO Regulations, IDDSI diets, HACCAP, and COSHH is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen operations, food production, menu planning, and staff management.
• Ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Mentor junior kitchen staff to uphold culinary excellence.

Skills

Leadership skills

Menu-planning

Budgetary management

Nutrition knowledge

Communication

Education

City & Guilds Diploma in Professional Cookery 7100, Levels 1 & 2 or equivalent

Basic Food/Hygiene Certificate

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• 3 shifts per week, 8am-5pm with an additional supernumerary day every other week

Join us at Fleetwood Hall Care Home, Sandstone Care Group’s beautiful, modern residential home in Fleetwood, Lancashire.

Situated just a short walk from the vast expanses of the Lancashire coast, the devoted team at our 62-bedded home are truly intent on providing an exceptional level of care. We run a tight ship, as we believe our residents and team deserve nothing less. Our well-established, reputable home offers residents modern and comfortable facilities within warm and friendly surroundings, whilst at the same time providing fantastic standards of care supported by the very latest care planning technology. Here at Fleetwood Hall, we truly believe in supporting each person’s individuality, whether that is through gardening clubs or birthday celebrations!

As a Head Chef at our home, your role will involve:

• Being accountable for the successful and effective operation of the kitchen, including food production, menu planning, staff management, supplies, presentation/service and record management
• Compliance with quality and safety standards
• Prioritising the culinary experience for our residents, focussing on inclusivity by ensuring all residents can participate in enjoying a varied and high-quality diet prepared in accordance with their individual needs
• Inspiring and mentoring junior kitchen staff to maintain a reputation of culinary excellence within the home

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However, overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’. Advertised pay rate is for shifts worked after 1st April 2025.

What are we looking for?

Essentially, we are seeking applications from experienced Chefs who understand the importance of the meal-time experience for our residents, and as such, will consistently leave no stone unturned in delivering fantastic, nutritious and varied meals to all those living at our home.

• Candidates should be communicative, hard-working and suitably qualified individuals, with excellent leadership skills and significant, proven experience of heading up kitchen environments
• Excellent menu-planning and budgetary management skills are key, as are a good working knowledge of nutrition and dietetics
• City & Guilds Diploma in Professional Cookery 7100, Levels 1 & 2, or equivalent and a Basic Food/Hygiene Certificate are highly desirable
• Knowledge of EHO Regulations, IDDSI diets/texture-modified food & dysphagia, HACCAP and COSHH are highly desirable

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.