# Head Chef - Care Home

**Company**: Barchester Healthcare
**Location**: Islington
**Job type**: Permanent
**Salary**: £19.77
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a passionate and qualified Head Chef to lead our kitchen team at a care home in Islington. As a Head Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long hours.

**Job Summary** You will be responsible for leading, motivating, and inspiring a team to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes. You will have full autonomy in creating nutritious, flavoursome, and well-balanced menus, whilst also taking ownership of your kitchen and ongoing team development.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead, motivate and inspire a team, develop and upskill where required

- Menu development, tailoring around residents to ensure we deliver person-centred hospitality

- Work with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes cooked of the highest standards

- Bake fresh cakes, scones and breads from scratch

- Assist the front of house team with setting up of the dining areas

- Work within budget, complete regular audits and stock control

- Create a warm, efficient and fun environment

- Ongoing recruitment and retention

- Managing the performance of the kitchen team and front of house

**Requirements**

- A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents

- Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

- Experience in leading, motivating and inspiring a team

- Experience of working with fresh seasonal food with a good understanding of nutrition

- The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our homes

- Confidence engaging with residents to create appetising and nutritious menus

- Experience working with a front of house team to ensure the restaurants are set up to a high standard

- Good understanding of HACCP and COSHH

- Knowledge around modified diets using the IDDSI framework

**Benefits**

- Working days and alternate weekends only, across 4/5 days a week

- Rewarding Excellence' bonus where you will be financially rewarded up to £500* for a Good or Outstanding CQC inspection

- Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend' scheme, earning up to £500* per referral

- Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts with big brands, supermarkets and travel companies

- Free access to medical specialists, who are on hand for a second opinion if you need it

- Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services

- Tax Code Review Service to check you're on the right code and paying the right level of tax

- Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside your colleagues nationwide

## Skills

### Required
- City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ
- HACCP
- COSHH
- IDDSI framework
- team leadership
- menu development
- nutrition
- budget management

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