Head Chef

Athena Care Homes (UK) Ltd; Cambridge; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A family-run care home provider in Cambridge seeks a Head Chef to oversee catering services. Responsibilities include ensuring high food quality, managing kitchen staff, and promoting nutritious meal options for residents. Candidates should have previous experience as a Head Chef, ideally in a care setting, and possess strong leadership skills. This position offers competitive pay, a supportive environment, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

28 days of holiday per year

Free Blue Light Card access

Refer a friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience as a Head Chef is essential.
• Experience in a care environment is advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading and supporting a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the catering service within the home.
• Ensure high-quality food service and meal preparation.
• Line management of kitchen teams and handling recruitment.

Skills

Leadership

Team Motivation

Food Safety Compliance

Job description

As the Head Chef at Langdon House Care Home, you will be responsible for overseeing the whole catering service within the home.

About Langdon House Care Home

Langdon House is an exceptional residential care home in Cambridge. At Langdon House we pride ourselves on our family-feel, attractive gardens and providing outstanding care to each of our residents.

We’re based in a quiet nook in Chesterton on the north eastern side of Cambridge, three miles from the city centre. Our home offers fantastic 24-hour care to up to 51 residents.

About the role

The Head Chef is responsible for ensuring high quality of food service and meal preparation within the home. The Head Chef will lead and manage the catering team working closely with the other service teams ensuring the highest service standards are achieved.

Salary

£16.54 per hour.

Shift Pattern

40 hours per week, across Monday to Sunday with no late nights or split shifts, and every other weekend off as standard.

Home Location

Langdon House - 20 Union Lane, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1QB

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure the catering services and residential dining experience is of the highest standard and quality.
• Line management of the kitchen teams, handling recruitment and duties such as appraisals, rotas and absence management.
• Promote choice and dignity to the residents of the home with the services we provide, and ensure the nutritional content of the meals provided cater for the dietary needs of all residents.
• Ensure that requirements of the Food Safety Manual, Health and Safety Manual and Meal policies requirements are met.

Training, Skills & Experience Required

• Experience as a Head Chef is essential.
• Experience in a care environment is advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.
• Ability to travel between the two locations listed above.

What we can offer

• Fully comprehensive induction
• 28 days of holiday per year
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform
• Refer a friend scheme

About Athena

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.