Sous Chef

Integrated Care System; Sidcup; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare seeks a dedicated Sous Chef to join their team. This role involves supporting the Head Chef in delivering high-quality meals, ensuring hygiene standards, and supervising the culinary team. If you hold relevant qualifications and have a passion for cooking, this is a fantastic opportunity.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to high-quality culinary services.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head Chef in leading the culinary team.
• Preparing balanced diets in accordance with guidelines.
• Ensuring food safety and hygiene standards are met.

Skills

Compassion

Commitment to quality

Flexibility

Education

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

Job description

This is a Sous Chef role at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The Sous Chef will support the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides a high-quality, nutritionally balanced, and comprehensive culinary service to the residents. The role requires relevant catering qualifications, at least 1 year of catering experience, and a commitment to delivering exceptional care.

Main duties of the job

As a Sous Chef at Avery Healthcare, you will focus on supporting the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service to the residents. This will involve preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced, supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, and ensuring that all food preparation meets the highest hygiene standards. You will also be responsible for supporting the culinary 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. They are committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery believes that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and they are passionate about building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and were here to celebrate and support you every step of the way.When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on residents lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.Were 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, wed love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus asSous Chefwill be tosupportthe 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 withinbudget.

Other responsibilitieswillinclude:

• 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.
• Understandingthe 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 candidatemust:

• Holdarelevant catering qualification City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
• Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Demonstratecompassionandcommitmentto 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, were not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes were a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were 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

Please note 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you must hold a relevant catering qualification, such as City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ, or equivalent. You must also have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience and demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.

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.