Second Chef - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Trowbridge; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare seeks a passionate Second Chef dedicated to delivering high standards of food and service. You’ll work closely with residents to create tailored, nutritious menus in a supportive environment focused on quality and well-being. This role offers you the chance to balance your work and life while making a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Rewarding Excellence bonus

Refer a friend scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Free access to medical specialists

Access to counselling and legal services

Tax code review service

Monthly staff lottery option

Qualifications

• Qualified Chef with a personable approach.
• Understanding of HACCP.
• Experience with high-quality, seasonal menus.

Responsibilities

• Assist Head Chef in developing nutritious menus.
• Manage kitchen responsibilities in Head Chef's absence.
• Create a warm and welcoming dining environment.

Skills

Nutrition

Cooking with fresh seasonal food

Engagement with residents

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

6 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants

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 260 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.

NEED TO HAVE

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

Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent on the job training

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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