Regional Head Chef - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate Regional Bank Head Chef. This role offers the chance to work with fresh seasonal ingredients and create nutritious menus tailored to residents' preferences. Enjoy a work-life balance with no split shifts, while leading a motivated team in a warm and welcoming environment. The company prides itself on quality and person-centered hospitality, providing ample opportunities for career growth and recognition through awards. If you are driven by excellence and have a genuine interest in enhancing the wellbeing of residents, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Work-life balance

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Annual Hospitality Awards

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and motivating a team of chefs.
• Good understanding of nutrition and HACCP standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and tailor menus to meet residents' needs.
• Ensure high quality and wholesome dishes are prepared.
• Lead and inspire the kitchen team effectively.

Skills

Team Leadership

Nutrition Knowledge

Menu Development

HACCP Understanding

Customer Engagement

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter?

As a Regional Bank Head Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will have full autonomy over menu development, creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality.

Barchester is one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards.

We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work.

NEED TO HAVE

1. A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
2. Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
3. Experience in leading, motivating and inspiring a team
4. A good understanding of nutrition
5. Experience of working with fresh seasonal food
6. The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home
7. Confidence engaging with residents to create appetising and nutritious menus
8. Good understanding of HACCP

NEED TO DO

1. Menu development - tailor menus around residents and to ensure we deliver person centred hospitality
2. Work fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards
3. Create a warm, efficient and fun environment
4. Work within budget
5. Complete regular audits
6. Manage stock control
7. To lead, motivate, inspire and develop a team
8. Recruitment and retention

REWARDS PACKAGE

1. Work life balance - working days with alternate weekends
2. Free learning and development
3. Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
4. A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
5. Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
6. Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme

If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who loves to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.