Sous Chef

NHS; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Sous Chef to support the head chef. You'll lead the culinary team in providing high-quality meals while ensuring hygiene standards. Applicants should have catering qualifications and at least 1 year of experience. This role offers the chance to make a positive impact on residents' lives while working in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Ability to prepare modified diets.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment.

Responsibilities

• Support the head chef in leading a culinary team.
• Prepare modified diets that look appealing.
• Ensure all food preparation meets hygiene standards.

Skills

Catering qualification

Catering experience

Compassion

Flexibility

Education

City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together.' They are passionate about creating exceptional care and a supportive environment where employees feel valued and empowered. This Sous Chef role is an opportunity to join their award-winning team and make a positive impact on residents' lives.

Job responsibilities

Your focus as Sous Chef will be to support the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service. This will involve preparing modified diets, supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, and ensuring all food preparation meets the highest hygiene standards.

Package Description: Shift pattern details; Mon-Sun- 0700-1830 on a rostered basis.

Key duties

• Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
• Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.
• Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.
• Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Avery Food safety management system.

About you

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Hold a relevant catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2) or NVQ or equivalent.
• Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes but a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Role requirements

This role will require:

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Disclosures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.

Address: Avery Healthcare, Littleover, DE23 6DL

Employer's website: https://www.averyhealthcare.co.uk/