Head Chef - Care Home

NHS; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of care homes as a Head Chef in Tewkesbury, where you'll lead a kitchen team to create nutritious meals in a warm environment. This role offers the chance to showcase culinary skills while ensuring a high-quality dining experience for residents. Enjoy benefits like a rewarding excellence bonus and work-life balance with shifts across 4/5 days.

Benefits

Rewarding Excellence bonus

Refer a Friend scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Confidential counselling services

Tax Code Review Service

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and motivating a team.
• Understanding of nutrition and seasonal produce.
• Knowledge of HACCP and COSHH frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of kitchen staff.
• Develop and manage nutritious menus.
• Maintain budget and stock control.

Skills

Leadership

Team Motivation

Menu Development

HACCP Knowledge

Nutritional Knowledge

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

This job opportunity at Barchester Healthcare, a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offers the chance to be a Head Chef in a care home setting. The role involves leading and inspiring a team, developing menus that cater to the residents' needs, and ensuring a high-quality dining experience for the residents.

Main duties of the job

As the Head Chef at Barchester Healthcare's care home in Tewkesbury, you will be responsible for leading and motivating a team of kitchen staff, developing nutritious and appetizing menus, and ensuring a warm and welcoming dining environment for the residents. You will have the opportunity to work with fresh, seasonal produce and create a range of dishes, including baked goods. The role also involves managing the kitchen's budget and stock control, as well as ongoing recruitment and performance management of the team.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, with a focus on delivering high-quality care and a warm, welcoming environment for their residents. The company is committed to supporting its employees' development and work-life balance, offering a range of benefits and opportunities for growth.

Job responsibilities

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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Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be considered for this role, you should hold a City & Guilds, NVQ, or SVQ qualification, as well as have experience in leading and motivating a team, working with fresh, seasonal produce, and creating nutritious and appetizing menus. Knowledge of HACCP, COSHH, and the IDDSI framework for modified diets is also desirable.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.