Head Chef

Yorkare Homes; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkare Homes is seeking a passionate Head Chef to join their vibrant team. This role is pivotal in providing residents with top-quality meals in a caring environment. The ideal candidate will be flexible, organized, and eager to engage in enhancing the dining experience for residents. A focus on nutrition, quality, and hygiene is essential, and competitive pay is offered alongside comprehensive training and support.

Benefits

Competitive rates of pay

Free enhanced DBS check

Free Uniform

Comprehensive training and development support

Staff recognition awards

Rewards App

Health Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a Care Home environment desirable.
• Current knowledge in catering for modified diets and allergy awareness.
• Confidence to engage with residents.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook balanced, nutritious meals.
• Ensure kitchen maintains high hygiene standards.
• Control food allocation to minimize waste.

Skills

Flexibility

Caring attitude

Positive attitude

Self-motivated

Good communication

Organizational skills

Education

Food Hygiene and Safety qualification

Job description

Haxby Hall is located in the heart of Haxby, next door to the local playground, and a short walk from the amenities of the village, such as a Co-op supermarket, Costa Coffee and Haxby Bakehouse.

Yorkare Homes aim for their residents is to enjoy the next chapter of their lives in a safe and luxurious environment, whilst being able to offer a varied and engaging range of social activities. This is achieved by our dedicated care teams, activity co-ordinators and our highly trained chefs.

To build our new amazing team Yorkare Homes are looking for…

Head Chef

40 hours per week – This role will include some weekend work

The role of Head Chef will be to work with the team and area support to maintain the high standards of the Kitchen.

Using fresh ingredients and produce and working with the residents to ensure they are provided with a tasty, safe, nutritious and varied top quality menu.

It is essential that all our staff are;

Flexible,

caring and compassionate,

Positive,

self-motivated and organised.

Willing to undertake any training necessary to develop skills and competency relevant to the role.

Sensitive to the needs of others.

An active team player and must be able to work on own initiative.

Possess good communication skills with colleagues, residents and visitors.

Overview of Job Description: Head Chef

• Working alongside the Chef team, to prepare and cook a balanced, nutritious diet within a controlled hygienic environment, adhering to the menu planner or special requests of the residents.
• Planning, preparing and presenting meals to top restaurant quality
• Ensuring the kitchen is run and equipment maintained to an outstanding level, providing the kind of service the residents expect and deserve.
• To control systems of food allocation to minimise wastage, working with the Head Chef to keep within allocated budgets
• To monitor stocks and purchases, thereby allocating the quantities of materials
• To maintain a balanced diet and varied menus.
• To ensure that all kitchen staff clean the kitchen after use, including self and, at the end of each shift, leave the kitchen in a clean and hygienic state
• Ensure that Food Hygiene and Health and Safety standards are met

Person Specification:

• Food Hygiene and Safety qualified
• Good understanding of HACCP
• Experience of a Care Home environment desirable.
• Confidence to engage with residents to create a varied and appetising menu
• Current knowledge in catering for modified diets and allergy awareness.
• Comfortable working with fresh seasonable produce and good knowledge of nutrition
• A warm, approachable manner and an understanding that the residents’ wellbeing is the top priority.

In return the company will offer you:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Free enhanced DBS check*
• Free Uniform
• Fully comprehensive training and development support from our in-house trainer
• Staff recognition awards
• Rewards App
• Health Scheme
• Working with a fantastic team of friendly, supportive, like-minded individuals

Pay Scale – up to £15.40 per hour – dependent on experience.

Whilst experience is preferred, training and support is provided to a very high standard if the applicant demonstrates all the qualities we feel are essential to fulfil this role, such as having a positive and caring attitude.

Yorkare Homes is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer

* Fee will be recouped if you leave within your 3 month probation period.

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