Head Chef - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Head Chef, where you'll create nutritious and delicious meals in a supportive environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a passionate team, develop personalized menus, and enjoy a better work-life balance without the stress of split shifts. With a commitment to quality and excellence, you'll have the autonomy to innovate and inspire while benefiting from ongoing training and development. Be part of a team that values your skills and creativity, making a real difference in the lives of those you serve.

Benefits

Rewarding Excellence bonus

Refer a Friend scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Free access to medical specialists

Counselling and legal services

Tax Code Review Service

Monthly staff lottery

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and motivating a kitchen team.
• Knowledge of nutrition and menu creation tailored to residents.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the kitchen team while ensuring high-quality food.
• Develop menus that cater to residents' preferences and dietary needs.

Skills

Team Leadership

Menu Development

Nutritional Knowledge

HACCP Understanding

Culinary Skills

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

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Are you a passionate and qualified Chef looking for a better work life balance? If you are keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and high standards, Barchester is the place to be!

Your Benefits and Rewards

• Working days and alternate weekends only, across 4/5 days a week
• Rewarding Excellence' bonus where you will be financially rewarded up to £500* for a Good or Outstanding CQC inspection
• Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend' scheme, earning up to £500* per referral
• Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts with big brands, supermarkets and travel companies
• Free access to medical specialists, who are on hand for a second opinion if you need it
• Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services
• Tax Code Review Service to check you're on the right code and paying the right level of tax
• Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside your colleagues nationwide

Your Experience and Qualifications

• A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
• Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
• Experience in leading, motivating and inspiring a team
• Experience of working with fresh seasonal food with a good understanding of nutrition
• The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our homes
• Confidence engaging with residents to create appetising and nutritious menus
• Experience working with a front of house team to ensure the restaurants are set up to a high standard
• Good understanding of HACCP and COSHH
• Knowledge around modified diets using the IDDSI framework (If new to care, we will train and develop chefs on these techniques)

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and inspire a team, develop and upskill where required
• Menu development, tailoring around residents to ensure we deliver person-centred hospitality
• Work with fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked of the highest standards
• Bake fresh cakes, scones and breads from scratch
• Assist the front of house team with setting up of the dining areas
• Work within budget, complete regular audits and stock control
• Create a warm, efficient and fun environment
• Ongoing recruitment and retention
• Managing the performance of the kitchen team and front of house

As a Head Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long hours. Our chefs have full autonomy in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus, whilst also taking ownership of their kitchen and ongoing team development.

We are exceptionally proud of our Barchester Chef Academy, where chefs have the opportunity to learn new techniques and further develop their skills, whilst also sharing their knowledge to support the growth of others across the business. This fantastic academy experience is held throughout the year and is offered to all of our chefs.

Our internal Learning and Development team also offer industry recognised apprenticeships and further qualifications to chefs and hospitality team members who are looking to build upon and/or develop their skills.

Interested? If you are a motivated and dedicated chef who is ready to be part of something special, apply today!

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In Short

• Industry Healthcare
• Founded 1992
• Location London
• Company size 5000+

Why Barchester Healthcare?

Welcome to Barchester Healthcare, where we specialise in deliveringtop quality care to the people living in our well staffed, comfortable,secure and happy homes.

We believe every one of the individuals we support deserves dignity,choice and independence. For us, recognising individuality meanslistening to what people tell us and ensuring every day is thoroughlyenjoyable. Our approach includes jointly written care plans designed tohelp us learn about personal likes and dislikes as well as helping toset care and rehabilitative goals encouraging independence. We help thepeople we support keep up community links and welcome those visits fromfamily and friends that can be so important.

Areas of expertise

We offer a wide variety of care optionsfrom short- and long-term residential care to nursing services,assisted living as well as registered hospitals and a range of servicesfor adults with severe disabilities or mental health needs.

We constantly strive to provide a consistent and high-quality service. We do this through our staff. We recruit motivated and compassionate people,then develop, manage and invest heavily in their training so that theynot only do an excellent job but love their jobs, too. This makeshappier homes for the people we support.

Our People

Barchester is allabout doing things a little bit differently. Our unique approach to thecare sector sets us apart, so to make things happen our people need tobe a little bit different too.

Our residents, patients and their families expect great services, soour professional and dedicated team of specialists actively recruitspeople who are focused on continually improving the quality of life forthe people in our care, to achieve our ambition of Barchester as theleading provider of care services.

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