Chef

Birchlands Care; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home operator is looking for a talented Head Chef to run their kitchen and enhance residents' meal experiences. This role involves designing and preparing varied menus that meet nutritional needs, managing the catering team, and maintaining high food standards. The ideal candidate will have experience in a commercial cooking setting, team management skills, and the ability to work weekends. An enhanced DBS check is necessary as part of the application process.

Benefits

Opportunities for career development

Company pension

Enhanced pay for overtime

Comprehensive induction programme

Ongoing training and development

Free Chef’s Whites and DBS

Qualifications

• Recent experience of cooking for large numbers in a commercial setting.
• Previously managed and motivated a catering team.
• Experience providing food for people with special dietary requirements.
• Flexibility to work alternate weekends.
• Enhanced DBS check required.

Responsibilities

• Design a varied menu that reflects residents’ tastes and nutritional needs.
• Ensure mealtimes are always a high-quality experience.
• Maintain the highest food standards.
• Support and train the kitchen team.
• Assist in managing the budgetary resources within the department.

Skills

Experience in cooking for large numbers

Team management

Special dietary requirements knowledge

Flexibility to work weekends

Job description

Head Chef

Hours: 2 x 20hrs 1 x 10hrs per week, Monday to Sunday

Location: Birchlands Nursing Home, Haxby, York, YO32 2PH

If you’re a talented, experienced chef looking to improve the lives of other people, we can offer you a rewarding career at Birchlands

At our Care Home, you will be responsible for running the kitchen and meal experience for our residents.

By creating and preparing a varied and nourishing menu, you’ll directly support the wellbeing of our residents and make a genuine difference to their quality of life.

If you’re looking for a career and not just a job, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

• Great opportunities for career development.
• Company pension.
• Enhanced pay for overtime and bank holidays.
• Comprehensive induction programme.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Free Chef’s Whites and DBS.

Who We Are Looking For

• You should have recent experience of cooking for large numbers in a commercial setting.
• You must have previously managed and motivated a catering team.
• You’ll have experience of providing food for people with special dietary requirements.
• We’d like someone who is flexible, who can work alternate weekends.
• An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

How You’ll Make a Difference

You’ll be responsible for our residents’ meal experience and running the nursing home’s kitchen. Leading and supporting a team, you will:

• Design a varied menu that reflects our residents’ tastes and supports their nutritional needs.
• Ensure mealtimes are always a high-quality experience.
• Maintain the highest food standards.
• Support, train and direct the kitchen team.
• Mentor and motivate on quality, safety, hygiene and cleanliness standards.
• Assist the General Manager in developing and managing the budgetary, human and material resources within the department.

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.