Chef Manager

Full-Time

At Quantum Care we are proud of our commitment to providing the highest quality care services for over 2000 older people in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. A great opportunity has arisen at one of our homes for a Chef Manager to join the team.

As a Chef Manager you will be responsible for:

  • Providing homely meals for our residents, meeting a diverse range of dietary requirements.
  • Planning staff rotas which are appropriate for the kitchen workload and arrange cover for planned absences, using existing and casual staff.
  • Organising every aspect of the catering operation within the home to provide a safe, nutritious, cost effective quality service to all customers.
  • Ensuring all statutory training takes place.
  • Ensuring regular stock takes occur and that stock is maintained at minimum agreed levels.
  • Communicating with all customers on a regular basis, whenever possible.
  • Managing the catering budget and producing financial information relating to performance against the budget on a monthly basis.

Your Skills:

  • Good knowledge of Health and Safety practices in the workplace.
  • Ability to plan, prepare, cook and serve nutritious well-balanced and varied meals.
  • Obtain a recognised professional catering qualification.
  • Good organisational and team leadership skills.
  • Ability to manage own time and resources.
  • Ability to forward plan, keep accurate records and maintain stocks.

We would love to have you in our team and in return we will provide the following rewards & benefits:

  • Competitive salaries with weekend enhancements.
  • Career development opportunities & recognition of career milestones.
  • First class in house training provided from day one.
  • Free Employee Assistant Programme: Providing 24/7 assistance to help balance work, family and life.
  • Company Pension Scheme & optional salary death in service benefit (after 1 year).
  • Free DBS and uniform.
  • Access to retail discounts and offers.
  • Refer a friend scheme of £500 per referral.

Term and Conditions apply to all benefits.

We welcome applications from people around the world who can work in the UK permanently or for a limited time. We need to make sure that our candidates have the right to work in the country as we’re not able to employ them otherwise. We are not able to offer sponsorship.

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