Regional Head Chef – Travel Across Care Homes

Runwood Care Homes; Chelmsford; Vor Ort; GBP 42.000 - 54.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

28 days Paid Holiday

Pension Scheme

Blue Light Card and discounts

Employee Assistance Scheme for family

Comprehensive induction and ongoing, 0

Free DBS Check and uniform

Opportunities to progress your career

Zusammenfassung

Runwood Homes is seeking an experienced Regional Head Chef to support kitchen operations across multiple care home sites within a region. This field-based role requires travel between homes to ensure high standards of food quality, safety, and resident satisfaction.

You will work alongside the Regional Support Chef and Group Hospitality Manager, leading on-site chefs, auditing kitchens, training staff, and maintaining budgets while delivering tasty, well-balanced meals tailored to residents’

Qualifikationen

• Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene (minimum).
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel across region.
• Proven experience as a Head Chef, ideally in a care or healthcare setting.
• A flexible and adaptable approach with strong organisational skills.
• Excellent communication at all levels and a team player mindset.
• Satisfactory DBS result and good references.
• Experience of the provision of catering services, food preparation and presentation.

Aufgaben

• Liaise with the Hospitality management team to create regular chef's forums and training sessions.
• Audit kitchen operations to ensure food quality, presentation, and service meet standards.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with homes' management and kitchen teams.
• Ensure compliance with nutritional guidelines and individual care plans.
• Support on-site chefs across care homes.
• Lead kitchen operations during staff shortages or absences.
• Ensure kitchens meet food hygiene, health & safety, and HACCP standards.
• Conduct audits and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Train and develop kitchen staff.
• Promote a positive kitchen culture and high performance.
• Maintain food budgets where possible.
• Monitor waste and portion control.
• Gather feedback from residents and teams.

Kenntnisse

Food safety & hygiene

Driving licence

Travel flexibility

Head Chef experience

Care sector experience

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Team player

DBS & references

Catering services experience

Jobbeschreibung

Runwood Homes is seeking an experienced Regional Head Chef to support kitchen operations across multiple care home sites within a region. This field-based role requires travel between homes to ensure high standards of food quality, safety, and resident satisfaction.

You will work alongside the Regional Support Chef and Group Hospitality Manager, leading on-site chefs, auditing kitchens, training staff, and maintaining budgets while delivering tasty, well-balanced meals tailored to residents’