Sous Chef - Bank

Job description

This Sous Chef - Bank role at Avery Healthcare in Purley, Surrey offers a competitive hourly rate of £13.50 and the opportunity to work in a supportive, caring environment. The successful candidate will support the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides high quality, nutritionally balanced meals to residents. The role requires relevant catering qualifications, at least 1 year of experience, and a commitment to delivering exceptional care.

Main duties

As Sous Chef, your focus will be to support the Head Chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well being of the residents and is achieved within budget. Other responsibilities include preparing modified diets, supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, ensuring food preparation meets hygiene standards, and supporting the team in understanding the Avery Food safety management system.

Shift details

Shift Details: 10.00-18.00, 06.30-14.30

Job responsibilities

• Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
• Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.
• Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.
• Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Avery Food safety management system.

About you

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

• Hold a relevant catering qualification: City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
• Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
• Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high quality culinary services to residents.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery Healthcare, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Requirements for this role

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you must hold a relevant catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent) and have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience. You should also demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high quality culinary services to residents, and be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.