Chef/Cook
Posted 9 days ago by Birchlands Care
Hours: 20 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 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.
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.
- 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.
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.