Catering Manager

Exemplar Health Care; Wigan, Leigh; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Wigan is seeking a Catering Manager to oversee meal preparation and manage the catering team at Lakeview care home. This role involves ensuring high-quality food service, creating varied menus, and maintaining food hygiene standards. Ideal candidates will have strong cooking skills and experience managing kitchen teams. Competitive pay and excellent perks are offered, and support during the induction process will be provided.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle reward discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a catering or kitchen team.
• Creative in developing nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Catering Team to provide healthy meals.
• Prepare, cook and serve food.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards.
• Control stock and manage purchases within budget.

Skills

Cooking skills

Menu development

Team leadership

Budget management

Communication skills

Education

Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification

Job description

Position Details

• Catering Manager
• Care home: Lakeview
• Location: Leigh, Wigan
• Contract type: 40 hours per week
• 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 Lakeview care home in Wigan.

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 use your cooking skills to make a real difference every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Lakeview 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, neuro-disabilities including Huntington’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 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. 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.

Key qualities

• 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.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

What’s happening at Exemplar Health Care

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment.

Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role-specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish.

Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.

From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.

Lakeview is a short drive from the M62 via the M61 and M60.

If you're travelling on the M61, follow signs for Preston and take the A58 exit to Wigan/Bolton.

If you're travelling on the M60, take the East Lancashire Road exit.

Lakeview is just off Edna Road, which you can access from A578 Wigan Road.

There are limited parking spaces in the home’s car park. Street parking is available along Edna Road and Ena Crescent.

Public transport to Lakeview

The home is a short walk from several bus stops.

Edna Road bus stop (stop ID: MANTDAJW), which is accessed by buses 8, 990, and 991.

Edna Road bus stop (stop ID: MANTDAMA), which is accessed by buses 8, 990, and 991.

There's also a train station in the area.