Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Sutton; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Catering Manager to manage kitchen operations and prepare nutritious meals. You'll lead a team while ensuring compliance with hygiene standards and managing the catering budget. Ideal candidates will have experience in a similar role and a flair for menu development. This position offers excellent support and professional development opportunities in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Excellent supervision and peer support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Cook with flair for creating nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements.
• Experienced in managing a catering budget.
• Previous experience in managing a catering or kitchen team required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Prepare, cook, and serve food.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Control stock and manage purchases within budget.
• Lead and support catering team members.

Skills

Creativity in menu development

Team coordination

Budget management

Adaptability

Excellent verbal and written communication

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position: Catering Manager

Care home: Eastlands

Location: Sutton‑in‑Ashfield, NG17 4BR

Contract type: 40hrs per week, weekend availability required

Rate: £14 per hour

Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us our new Catering Manager at Eastlandscare home in Sutton‑in‑Ashfield.

As Catering Manager, you’ll lead our Catering Team in providing healthy and inviting meals for the people we support.

At Eastlands, we value the opinion of our Catering Manager, meaning you’ll always have a voice that is heard and room to develop your own ideas.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Eastlands is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home's Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Catering Managers cook delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Managing the day-to-day running of the kitchen
• Preparing, cooking and serving food
• Understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• Ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards
• Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• Controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget
• Leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do, whilst still maintaining a great work / life balance, unlike many other roles in the catering industry. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

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Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

Qualifications and requirements

• A cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements.
• Creative in menu development and food preparation.
• An excellent team player, able to coordinate, support and motivate a team.
• Experienced in managing a catering budget.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We like our Catering Managers to have, or be working towards, a Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification.

As this is a management position, we expect you’ll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.

What we offer

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects.
• Access to wages before payday.
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts.
• Free DBS check.
• 24/7 counselling and support.
• Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [POD EMAIL ADDRESS].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.