Head Chef

Agincare; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£17.60 per hour

Refer a friend scheme

Career development

Training up to QCF level 5

Blue Light discount & company pension

On demand pay

Job summary

Agincare is seeking a chef for a Buckinghamshire care home, delivering meals that meet dietary needs with heart and creativity. You will craft daily menus, support kitchen operations, and maintain high standards of hygiene and presentation while ensuring residents enjoy tasty, comforting dishes.

Requirements include at least 12 months right to work, experience in a professional kitchen, and flexibility for day shifts and alternate weekends.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months right to work
• Experience in a professional kitchen and understanding of kitchen operations
• Knowledge of the IDDSI framework or experience supporting complex dietary requirements (desirable)
• Available to work day shifts and alternate weekends

Responsibilities

• Using culinary skills to create menus and support smooth kitchen operations
• Ensure the highest standards of food quality, hygiene, and presentation

Job description

Package Description

Are you a keen chef with heart, creativity and a passion for making people smile? Looking for a challenging role where you can learn new skills and deliver great food? Are you experienced in catering and managing dietary requirements? If so, this is the career for you!

What’s On The Menu For You

• £17.60 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme earn up to £1000
• No evening shifts and every other weekend off
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Blue Light discount package & company pension scheme
• On demand pay

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
• Experience in a professional kitchen and an understanding of kitchen operations
• Knowledge of the IDDSI framework or experience supporting complex dietary requirements (desirable)
• Available to work day shifts and alternate weekends

About The Role

Whether it’s crafting delicious meals that meet individual dietary needs, creating themed dining experiences that bring the home to life, or simply serving a favourite dish that reminds someone of home, you’ll be making a real difference every day.

Using your culinary skills and food knowledge, you’ll help create daily menus, support the organisation and smooth running of the kitchen, and ensure the highest standards of food quality, hygiene, and presentation are maintained at all times.

Where you'll be working

• Click here to view the care home: Care Home in Buckinghamshire | Care Home Buckinghamshire Hazlemere Lodge | Agincare

If you’re passionate about great food, teamwork, and making a difference, we’d love to welcome you to the Agincare family.

About Us

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 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. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations across England.

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

All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and 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