Part-time Chef

A2Dominion; England; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable housing association is seeking a Chef Manager to deliver a high-quality catering service at Charles Clore Court. Responsibilities include meal preparation and management of a team of four, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates should have catering qualifications and experience, alongside strong communication and organisational skills. The role offers a chance to lead in an engaging environment serving senior residents.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Care and Support environment or cooking for large volumes.
• Excellent organisational skills for catering service management.
• Ability to manage documentation using basic Microsoft applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a first-class Catering service to residents.
• Ensure meals meet dietary and cultural preferences.
• Conduct Health & Safety and Food Hygiene checks.

Skills

Team leadership

Catering/Cooking experience

Time management

Communication skills

Education

Catering/Cooking qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Job title: Chef Manager

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 16.5 hours Friday, Saturday, Sunday 8.30am – 2pm

Salary: £11,309.44 - £12,441.00 per annum

Location: Onsite at Charles Clore Court, Reading, Berkshire

About A2Dominion

We are a UK housing association committed to a new vision – providing homes people love to live in.

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable, and private rent, specialist services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Our 70,000+ customers come from a diverse range of backgrounds with varying levels of income. We’re here to provide them all with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable.

And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit is reinvested into our charitable social purpose – delivering more homes and better services for customers.

About the role

As the Chef Manager at Charles Clore Court, you will be responsible for leading and delivering a first-class end to end Catering service to the scheme, which accounts 47 self-contained apartments for residents aged 55+.

Being both hands on with preparation and cooking to ownership of the ‘back office’ compliance, administration and audits, this rewarding opportunity will be working with a fun, dedicated team of 4 colleagues consisting of a Kitchen Assistant, Restaurant Service Assistant, Weekend Cook/Chef and Weekend Kitchen Assistant, to deliver excellence for our residents.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparation, cooking and serving of meals, meeting Company and Environmental Health Standards. Taking responsibility for particular dietary and cultural needs, cooking specific meals as per the resident food profile so that resident’s preferences are met
• Complete all menu tick sheets, cleaning records and handover sheets daily, recording meals sold and reporting resident feedback to Catering Manager
• Issuing of resident catering invoices, responding to resident and queries regarding payments and accrued arrears
• Carry out Health & Safety & Food Hygiene standards checks as directed by A2Dominion catering standards and that all practices meet the statutory regulations, including the Registered Homes Act 1984, and A2Dominions Health & Safety policy
• Take responsibility for preparing and responding to inspections and audits by external authorities and other bodies and fulfilling reporting requirements
• Lead and support a small, fun dedicated team of colleagues, allocating duties and checking work is completed in timely manner. Taking responsibility for managing their recruitment, probation, development, absence, staff behaviours and employment lifecycle
• Ownership of ordering, stock control, deliveries, agency workers time keeping and maintain the standards set by the Catering Manager

More about you

• Ideally you will have a Catering/Cooking qualification and/or experience working in a Care and Support environment, or cooking experience for large volumes of people
• Excellent time management and organisational skills in running a smooth, effective catering service for our residents
• Have a passion for leading a team, whether you have prior experience or looking to take the next step in your career.
• Comfortable in taking ownership of the 'back office' administration and documentation using basic Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook)
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills
• Able to commute to the housing scheme in Tilehurst, Berkshire, RG30 3NT