Regional Support Chef

Beaumont Care Homes Limited; Beaumont (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Beaumont Group seeks a Regional Support Chef to provide strategic and operational support to catering teams across its homes, ensuring nutritious, safe, and person-centred dining experiences. The role involves working with the Operations Team, Home Managers, Head Chefs, and Dietitians to maintain high standards and regulatory compliance.

The post holder may also deliver temporary hands-on kitchen support in exceptional circumstances to maintain continuity of service and quality across the group.

Qualifications

• Essential: Chef Qualification and 2 years cooking experience.
• Must hold Food Hygiene Certificate and HACCP documentation.
• Desirable: nutrition knowledge for the elderly or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational support to catering teams across multiple homes.
• Promote high-quality, nutritious and appealing meals meeting residents' needs.
• Conduct kitchen quality reviews and audits with action plans.
• Collaborate with Home Managers and kitchen teams to embed best catering practices.
• Assist with menu planning, seasonal menus, and themed dining events.
• Monitor and manage food expenditure to meet budgets.
• Analyse food costs, purchasing patterns and stock usage.
• Support standardisation of products and processes for efficiency.
• Provide temporary hands-on kitchen support when required to ensure continuity of service.

Skills

Own car

Budget understanding

Regulatory compliance

Education

Chef Qualification

Food Hygiene Certificate

HACCP Documentation

Job description

Regional Support Chef

Multi site position across Northern Ireland - Own Car essential

Hours

Full Time, 40 hours per week (flexibility required to meet operational needs and travel between homes)

Purpose of the Role

The Regional Support Chef will provide strategic and operational support to catering teams across the Beaumont Group, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, nutritious, safe, and person-centred dining experiences for residents.

The post holder will work closely with The Operations Team, Home Managers, Head Chefs, Kitchen Teams, Dietitians, and clinical colleagues to promote excellence in food service delivery, nutritional standards, budgetary control, supplier management, and regulatory compliance. They will act as the Group's lead resource for dysphagia management and IDDSI compliance, ensuring residents with modified dietary requirements receive meals that are safe, nutritious, appealing, and dignified.

Whilst the primary purpose of the role is support, development, and quality assurance, the post holder may be required to provide temporary hands-on kitchen support in exceptional circumstances to ensure continuity of service.

About the role

Catering Quality and Operational Support

• Support catering teams across all homes to deliver high-quality, nutritious, and appealing meals that meet residents' individual needs and preferences.

• Promote consistency of food quality, presentation, and dining experiences across the Group.

• Undertake regular kitchen quality reviews and audits, identifying areas for improvement and supporting implementation of agreed actions.

• Work alongside Home Managers and Chef teams to embed catering best practice.

• Support menu planning, menu reviews, seasonal menu implementation, and themed dining events.

• Monitor food expenditure across all homes to ensure budgets are effectively managed.

• Analyse food costs, purchasing patterns, and stock usage, identifying opportunities to improve financial performance.

• Work collaboratively with Home Managers and kitchen teams where food budgets exceed agreed targets.

• Support the reduction of food waste through effective planning, portion control, stock rotation, and ordering practices.

• Identify opportunities for standardisation of products and processes that deliver efficiencies without compromising quality.

About the company

Philosophy of Care - At Beaumont, we aim to provide a safe, clean, relaxed and homely environment in which care, wellbeing and comfort are of prime importance.

Required Criteria

• Chef Qualification
• 2 years relevant experience as a Chef or Cook
• Food Hygiene Certificate
• HACCP Documentation

Desired Criteria

• Nutrition Science for the elderly or equivalent
• Own car

Skills you'll need