HEAD CHEF 4 DAY WORKING WEEK

Care South; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in social care seeks a passionate Head Chef for their Castle Dene Residential Home in Bournemouth. This rewarding role involves creating nutritious meals while overseeing kitchen operations and ensuring quality standards. Join a dedicated team and contribute to the well-being of residents in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Blue Light Shopping Discount Card

Reward and Recognition Schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Industry Based Qualifications

Qualifications

• Experience in a kitchen producing high-quality meals.
• Confidence to lead and collaborate with a team.

Responsibilities

• Create, prepare, and cook meals for residents.
• Supervise and support kitchen staff.
• Manage catering budget.

Skills

Organisation

Teamwork

Leadership

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Food Production/Hygiene

Job description

About The Role

Head Chef

Location: Castle Dene , Residential Home - Bournemouth BH8 0DB

Pay rate:£14.50 per hour

Hours: 40 per week (Every other week-end off )

Shift:07.30 to 17.30

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Chef to join the team Castle Dene,our specialist, dementia and residential care home located in Bournemouth.

This is an incredibly rewarding role where you can take pride in ensuring nutritious and enjoyable meals are available to our residents & visiting friends & family.

Join Our Team:

We are keen to meet a passionate, qualified Senior Chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance working daytime hours over four days per week and every other weekend off ?

You will be organised with the ability to meet deadlines. You will have experience working in a kitchen producing attractive and high-quality nutritious meals.

We’re looking for someone with a Certificate in NVQ Level 2 Food Production/ Hygiene (maybe looking to undertake Level 3) You will need an understanding of health and safety and other current relevant legislation.

Confidence to take the lead as well as be a team player.

If this sounds like you then we would love for you to join the team!

What you will be doing:

• Creating, preparing, and cooking meals for our residents
• Ensuring preparation and presentation is always to a high standard
• Supervising and supporting our kitchen staff
• Planning meals - consulting with residents & care staff to ensure that individual dietary needs and preferences are catered for
• Ensuring all health & safety and other relevant legislation is adhered to
• Responsible for the management of the catering budget for the home

As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on thereward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:

• Blue Light Shopping Discount Card
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Industry Based Qualifications

Please note: We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship or Visa Switch.

About Us

PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE

Care South are one of the top 20 rated Care Home Groups in the UK based on published reviews from residents and their family and friends at carehome.co.uk.

As a not-for-profit charity, our HEART values are key to us providing outstanding care. For more information about us, our values and benefits, please visit our website:http://www.care-south.co.uk/about-us.

For any questions please contact the recruitment team on01202712448.