Sous Chef

Integrated Care System; Monkston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Sous Chef for their luxury elderly care home. This role involves supporting the Head Chef in delivering high-quality culinary services, supervising staff, and ensuring food safety standards. We value compassion, adaptability, and a commitment to service excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ).
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to high-quality culinary services.

Responsibilities

• Support Head Chef in leading the culinary team.
• Prepare modified diets and ensure food safety.
• Supervise and direct culinary staff.

Skills

Adaptability

Compassion

Commitment to quality

Education

Catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ)

Job description

This role as Sous Chef at Avery Healthcare in Kents Hill is a great opportunity to be part of a dedicated and supportive team providing high-quality culinary services to residents. You will assist the Head Chef in leading the kitchen team to deliver nutritious and appealing meals that contribute to the overall wellbeing of the residents.

Main duties of the job

As Sous Chef, your focus will be to support the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget. Other responsibilities will include preparing modified diets, supervising and directing culinary staff, ensuring food safety and hygiene standards, and supporting the team in understanding the Avery Food safety management system.

About us

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 an enriching environment for both residents and staff, offering exceptional care across over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring culture where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we support those who care for our residents. We recognize the hard work of our teams and are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you will make a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Sous Chef. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

About the Role

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, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget.

Other responsibilities will include:

• 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, you must embody 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 at least 1 year of catering experience.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality culinary services to residents.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Additional Information

This role will require:

• An 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent) and a minimum of 1 year catering experience. Demonstrate compassion, commitment, and flexibility.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to ensure suitability for the role.