Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Warrington; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Warrington is seeking an experienced Catering Manager to oversee kitchen operations. You will be responsible for preparing nutritious meals, managing a catering team, and ensuring adherence to food hygiene standards. Ideal candidates are creative, adaptable, and possess strong leadership skills, with experience in varying dietary requirements. This role offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits.

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

• Previous experience in a similar management position.
• Ability to lead and manage a catering team.
• Experience in cooking for varied dietary requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Prepare, cook, and serve nutritious meals.
• Develop suitable menus based on residents' needs.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Control stock and manage budget effectively.
• Support and train Catering Team members.

Skills

Creative in menu development

Excellent team player

Experience managing a catering budget

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position:Catering Manager
Care home:Woolston House
Location:Woolston, Warrington
Contract type:40 hours per week, Weekends Required
Rate:£14.43 per hour

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Woolston Housecare home in Warrington.

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

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built kitchen. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care

Woolston House is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities including brain injuries and strokes, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, and physical disabilities.

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 checksand 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.

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.

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

You’re also:

• 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

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• 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 [e-mail].

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.