Second Chef - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Rayleigh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellence bonus up to £500

Refer a friend scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Access to medical specialists

Confidential access to counselling and legal services

Tax code review service

Monthly staff lottery option

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is looking for a Second Chef to join their team in Rayleigh. This role offers an opportunity to work with fresh seasonal food while providing a balance in your work life.

As a Second Chef, you will assist the Head Chef in creating delicious and nutritious menus, while ensuring high quality standards. The position comes with various benefits including financial rewards for good performance and access to special discounts.

Qualifications

• Warm approach with genuine interest in residents' wellbeing.
• Hold relevant culinary qualifications.
• Experience working with fresh seasonal food.

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen in Head Chef’s absence.
• Assist in menu development.
• Deliver high quality dishes to standards.

Skills

Personable and warm approach

Good understanding of nutrition

Experience with fresh seasonal food

Confidence engaging with residents

Good understanding of HACCP

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

Barchester Second Chef

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.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• Rewarding Excellence bonus, meaning you will be financially rewarded 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.