Kitchen/Chef Manager (Care homes)

Perfect Communications; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Perfect Communications is seeking a Kitchen/Chef Manager for their new care home opening in Calcot, Reading. This role involves leading a catering team to provide exceptional service in a compassionate environment, focusing on the well-being of residents while managing costs and maintaining high standards. Interested candidates with a passion for food and excellence are encouraged to apply for this rewarding position.

Benefits

Group Pension Plan with 6% contribution

Generous annual leave

Wellbeing support initiatives

Learning and development opportunities

Retail discount schemes

Health cash plans for you and your family

Cycle to work scheme

Long service awards

Free DBS checks

Uniforms provided

Qualifications

• Catering professional with considerable experience in a similar role.
• Ability to plan and cost menus within budget.
• A can-do attitude with a commitment to hygiene and safety.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the catering team, ensuring high standards of food production.
• Plan and cost menus, ensuring compliance with budgets.
• Maintain hygienic and safe working practices at all times.

Skills

Food handling

Team leadership

Menu planning

Education

Relevant food handling qualification

Job description

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Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Work Pattern: Working on a rolling rota of 3 consecutive days on and 3 consecutive days off

Hours: 35 per week (average) (10 hours shifts 8am to 6pm) - Days and Weekends

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time

Work Pattern: Working on a rolling rota of 3 consecutive days on and 3 consecutive days off

Hours: 35 per week (average) (10 hours shifts 8am to 6pm) - Days and Weekends

Friends of the Elderly (FotE) is a not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing excellent care with a family feel, we have been supporting older people for over 120 years. The charity provides care home and day care services for older people, as well as grants for older people in financial difficulty.

About Friends Place, Calcot

Due to open in July 2025, Friends Place, Calcot will be more than just a care home - it will be a vibrant, welcoming community designed to provide exceptional residential, dementia, and respite care.

Run by Friends of the Elderly, where we pride ourselves on delivering personalised, compassionate care ina state-of-the-artfacility.

Located in the heart of Calcot, Reading, our home will feature:

• Acinemafor residents to enjoy movie nights and entertainment.
• A stylishsalonoffering professional pampering.
• A peacefullibraryfor reading and reflection.
• A vibrantbarfor socialising and relaxation.
  
  

The modern facilities are designed to create a warm and homely environment where residents feel safe, valued, and supported.

We are recruiting forKitchen/Chef Managerto join the team.

Joining us as a?Kitchen/Chef Manager you will be working as part of a dedicated team. On aday to daybasisyou will lead and manage the catering team with the day-to-day production & services within an agreed budget and standards for the Kitchen.You will create an atmosphere where a passion for great food and serviceisembedded within the team anddemonstratea positive,respectfuland professional approach. You will prioritise collaboration, mutualsupportand collective success in achieving team goals.

With the residents at the heart of everything you do, you will plan and cost menus in keeping within agreed budgets and ensure that standards are consistentlymaintained.

You will embrace a challenge delivering with a can-do attitude and you will be dedicated tomaintaininghygienic and safe working practices in compliance with; legislation & company Food Hygiene and Health and Safety Policies.

We are looking for a catering professional with a relevant food handling qualification and withgood experiencein a similar role, who will be committed to continuous improvement, constantly seeking opportunities for learning.

Youllneed to have the ability to use various forms of digital technology toassistwith ordering supplies along with the ability to organise and be methodical with tasks. With a good standard of number skills,you'llhave the ability to do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

An excellent team player,youllbe able to recognise and report situations where there might be a need for safeguarding.

Thisisntjust a job;itsabout making a difference to older peoples lives every day.

Why Join Friends of the Elderly?

Heritage of Care:Work with a trusted organisation backed by over a century of expertise.

Non-Profit Mission:Be part of a charity that prioritises people, not profit. While we takea commercial approach to our work, we are not forprofitand we are committed to our charitable values.

State-of-the-ArtFacilities:Lead acutting-edgecare home designed for comfort and community.

Professional Development:Access training and career development opportunities.

Make Your Mark

This is a unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of a brand-new care home, leaving a lasting impact on residents lives and the community.

In return for your hard work and dedication, you can look forward to a wealth ofbenefits:

• Group Pension Plan, with a 6% contribution from us.
• Generous annual leave.
• Wellbeing support through various initiatives, including an employee?assistance?programme.
• Learning, development, and progression opportunities.
• Monthly prize draw, with 3 prizes to be won.
• Retail discount schemes to make your salary go further.
• Access to loans at affordable rates, saving directly from salary and advance pay already earned.
• Health cash plans for you and your family.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Long service awards that increase with length of service.
• Refer a friend to work for us and receive a £200 bonus.
• Uniforms are provided
• Free DBS checks.
  
  

Safeguarding

Keeping everyone safe is one of the charitys?corevalues, and?is central to everything we do at Friends of the Elderly. All staff follow our Safeguarding Policy & Procedures and, if they see or suspect abuse, we expect staff to report it straight away.

Criminal Record Checks

As this role involves a regulated activity, successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS check, with barred lists check, and any offer of employment will be dependent on a satisfactory outcome.

Having a criminal record will not necessarily bar a person from working for us, this will depend on the circumstances and background of any record.

Equality, Diversity, And Inclusion

Friends of the Elderly strives to treat all staff equally and be a diverse and inclusive workplace, where everyone can be themselves and everyone accepts each others differences. A charity where everyone is equal but?definitely not?the same.

Our ambition is to ensure equality and celebrate diversity, all working together to create an inclusive workplace, which attracts and?retains?the best people. People that care and can make a difference.

We currently do not provide?sponsorship?but we welcome applications from those who have a right work in the UK.

Dont?delay in sending your application as we may need to close the vacancy early if we manage to appoint before the advertising closing date. We interview applicants as they apply.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Manufacturing

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