Head Chef
Bury St Edmunds
£29,000 per annum
Full Time (37 hours per week split over 5 days 0700-1430)
Permanent
Working pattern to be discussed at interview, however weekend and early morning work will be expected as we run our catering service 365 days a year.
We are currently looking for a Chef to support the Catering Manager to provide a first-class customer experience by delivering a high-quality food service, that is nutritional and value for money for our residents, visitors and guests across our Independent Living service.
The successful candidate must be a strong leader who is able to take over all aspects of a kitchen. An extremely high level of cleanliness must be observed and an ability to run a disciplined team is essential.
What you will be doing:
- Supporting in the monitoring of budgets related to the running and management of the kitchen / restaurant.
- Ensuring that there are sufficient supplies of good quality utensils, cutlery and crockery.
- Manage the kitchen and staff to ensure a consistent service is provided to our residents.
- Support the Catering Manager to develop a catering service that meets the needs and expectations of our residents.
- Ensure that all kitchen equipment is in accordance with H&S regulations, policies and procedures.
We'd love to meet someone with:
- Experience of managing and kitchen and its team.
- Experience of producing a variety of menus on a 4-weekly rotation.
- Experience of managing a tight budget.
- Commercial kitchen experience.
- Experience of working with fresh and scratch cooking.
- A passion for producing high quality food and food service.
Amongst what we offer you is:
- A competitive salary from £29,000 per annum.
- 28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays (rising to 33 days plus bank holidays with length of service).
- A generous contributory pension scheme.
- Enhanced family leave.
- Private health care.
- Free life assurance.
- Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym.
- Opportunities for learning and development.
- Discounted gym membership.
- Retail discount scheme.
Please note the successful candidate will need to complete an enhanced DBS application prior to start date being confirmed.
Closing date: 1st of July 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.