Second Chef - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Bristol; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a dedicated Second Chef to create beautiful and nutritious meals in a care home setting. This role allows chefs to work with fresh seasonal foods while maintaining a work-life balance. Join a company recognized for its high standards and commitment to quality care.

Benefits

Rewarding Excellence bonus of up to £500

Refer a friend scheme up to £500

Access to retail and leisure discounts

Free access to medical specialists

Confidential access to counselling services

Qualifications

• Personable approach focused on residents' wellbeing.
• Ability to create appetizing and nutritious menus.
• Good understanding of HACCP.

Responsibilities

• Assist Head Chef in menu development.
• Manage kitchen in Head Chef's absence.
• Work with fresh produce to deliver high quality dishes.

Skills

Nutrition understanding

Experience with fresh food

Team management

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

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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?

Working as a Second Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in 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.

Here at Barchester, we work with an open, honest, supportive approach, where quality of care is at the heart of everything we do. As sector leading healthcare experts, we are proud to have the highest quality ratings across our 224 homes and hospitals across the UK.

Barchester have proudly been awarded a two-star outstanding rating by Best Companies, ranked 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for and 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

Shift pattern - 20 hrs per week, 10hrs shift 7am-5pm, Mon and Friday availability. Option to over more hours when required.

NEED TO HAVE

A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents

Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

A good understanding of nutrition

Experience of working with fresh seasonal food

The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home

Confidence engaging with residents to create appetising and nutritious menus

Good understanding of HACCP

NEED TO DO

Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence

Assist Head Chef in menu development

Work with fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards

Create a warm, efficient and fun environment

Work within budget

Complete regular audits

Manage stock control

REWARDS PACKAGE

Rewarding Excellence bonus, meaning you will be financially rewarded by up to £500* for a Good or Outstanding CQC inspection

Unlimited access to our generous refer a friend scheme, earning up to £500* per referral

Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts at big brands and supermarkets

Free access to medical specialists, who are available for a second opinion if you need it to make a decision with confidence

Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services

Tax code review service, where we will check that you are on the right code and paying the right level of tax

Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside thousands of colleagues across the UK

• Terms & conditions apply
  
  

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

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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