Lead Chef — Five‑Day Week, Calm Kitchen, Team Leadership
Elysium Healthcare
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Job summary
Join Elysium Healthcare at Ty Grosvenor, Wrexham, leading a kitchen team to deliver meals for staff and service users in a hospital-style setting. You’ll train staff, supervise mass catering operations, and ensure a clean, compliant kitchen with nutritious menus.
Role offers a balanced work-life with no evenings and a five-day week, plus weekends on rota. A proactive chef with safety, hygiene, and menu planning skills will thrive here.
Qualifications
- GCSE English or equivalent
- Catering Diploma and safety/food hygiene certificates
- City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 for basic cooking
- Basic Food Hygiene required
- Experience in mass catering
- Management/supervisory qualification
- Budgeting, menu planning and stock control experience
Responsibilities
- Coordinate day-to-day management of the catering team for efficient food production
- Ensure meals meet nutritional and dietary needs of service users
- Provide meals to staff and visitors in line with policies
- Lead menu planning within budget constraints
- Report equipment maintenance to Facilities Manager
- Develop seasonal menus and maintain high quality food
- Respond to complaints and investigate issues
- Manage stock and equipment in production areas
- Plan staff rotas, cover agency and overtime
- Assist monthly audits of catering provision
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Job description
Join Elysium Healthcare at Ty Grosvenor, Wrexham, leading a kitchen team to deliver meals for staff and service users in a hospital-style setting. You’ll train staff, supervise mass catering operations, and ensure a clean, compliant kitchen with nutritious menus.
Role offers a balanced work-life with no evenings and a five-day week, plus weekends on rota. A proactive chef with safety, hygiene, and menu planning skills will thrive here.
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