Head Chef

Healthcare Homes Holdings Limited; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension

5.6 weeks paid holiday pay

Refer a Friend scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Healthcare Homes Academy training

Qualifications and Apprenticeship (e.g

Blue Light Card discounts

Long Service awards

Job summary

Foxearth Lodge, Little Green, Saxtead, is seeking a Head Chef to lead our kitchen team in a busy care home catering for 67 residents. The role offers £14.10 per hour and a 44-hour week, including alternate weekends, from 7am to 7pm.

You will develop menus, manage stock and orders, ensure hygiene standards, and create themed nights. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential, with opportunities for training through our Healthcare Homes Academy.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional kitchen with strong organisational skills.
• Knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards.
• City & Guilds or NVQ qualifications preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with residents to prepare home cooked meals respecting dietary needs.
• Plan weekly menus, manage stock and minimise wastage.
• Lead and develop the kitchen team; oversee theme nights.
• Ensure high standards of food hygiene and kitchen practices.

Skills

Cooking

Kitchen management

Menu planning

Stock control

Food hygiene

Team leadership

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ preferred

Job description

Head Chef

Foxearth Lodge,Little Green, Saxtead

£14.10 per hour

44 hours per week (includes alternate weekends) - 7am - 7pm

Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives?

If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to lead our kitchen team in our lovely nursing home,Foxearth Lodge, catering for 67 residents.

Foxearth Lodge provides nursing, residential, respite and dementia care to residents within the area of Saxtead in Suffolk. The home can also provide care for younger people with physical disabilities. The environment within the home is calming and cheerful among staff and residents – there is a real family feel.

What would a typical day look like?

• Liaising with our residents to prepare a variety of home cooked, family favourite meals in accordance with various allergy and dietary requirements.
• Writing and planning weekly menus, stock control and ordering as well as keeping wastage to a minimum.
• Using your creativity for our regular theme nights, where we prepare dishes from around the world.
• Developing and managing our existing kitchen team.

The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Company Pension
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
• Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
• Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 3 in Food Production
• Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality
• Recognition and Long Service awards

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.