Head Chef

Welfordhc; Church Stretton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Church Stretton is seeking a talented Head Chef to run the kitchen at Stretton Hall Nursing Home. The role involves creating a varied and nourishing menu to enhance the quality of life for elderly residents. Responsibilities include maintaining high food standards, training the kitchen team, and ensuring a top-notch meal experience. Ideal candidates should have experience cooking for large numbers and managing a team, along with the flexibility to work alternate weekends. Competitive development opportunities and a company pension are offered.

Benefits

Great opportunities for career development

Company pension

Ongoing training and development

Free Chef’s Whites and DBS

Qualifications

• Recent experience of cooking for large numbers in a commercial setting.
• Ability to manage and motivate a catering team.
• Experience providing food for people with special dietary requirements.
• Willingness to work alternate weekends.
• An enhanced DBS check is required.

Responsibilities

• Design a varied menu reflecting residents’ tastes.
• Ensure mealtimes are high-quality experiences.
• Maintain the highest food standards.
• Support and train the kitchen team.
• Mentor on quality, safety, hygiene, and cleanliness.
• Assist in managing budgetary and resource needs.

Skills

Experience cooking for large numbers

Managing and motivating a catering team

Special dietary requirements knowledge

Flexibility to work alternate weekends

Job description

Hours: 40 hours per week (Must be able to work alternate weekends)

If you’re a talented, experienced chef looking to improve the lives of other people, we can offer you a rewarding career at Stretton Hall Nursing Home.

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

• Great opportunities for career development.
• Company pension.
• 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:

• Designing a varied menu that reflects our residents’ tastes and supports their nutritional needs.
• Ensuring mealtimes are always a high-quality experience.
• Maintaining the highest food standards.
• Supporting, training and directing the kitchen team
• Mentoring and motivating on quality, safety, hygiene and cleanliness standards.
• Assisting 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.

Head Chef