# Part-time Chef

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Manchester, Greater Manchester
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Altrincham is seeking a part-time Chef to join their team, working 20 hours per week.

The successful candidate will be part of a dedicated and compassionate team, contributing to the smooth running of the hospital and supporting patient wellbeing.

Key responsibilities include:

- Planning, preparing, and cooking meals, considering special requests and dietary requirements

- Ensuring operational standards comply with Food Safety policies and guidelines

- Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation in the absence of the Head Chef

- Controlling stock, ordering food products, and monitoring deliveries

- Minimising food waste

The ideal candidate will have:

- Numeracy, literacy, and a qualification to NVQ2 or equivalent

- Basic food hygiene qualification

- Excellent communication and negotiation skills

- Ability to monitor costs and liaise with suppliers

- Good organisation and time management

- Knowledge of specialised diets

- First-class customer service skills

- Experience in a professional kitchen environment

- Experience producing meals for large groups on time and to budget

Benefits include:

- Free on-site parking

- Birthday holiday

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits, including gym membership and healthcare cash plan

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications

- Leadership and management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- food hygiene
- numeracy
- literacy
- NVQ2 or equivalent
- communication skills
- negotiation skills
- cost monitoring
- supplier liaison
- organisation
- time management
- specialised diets
- customer service

### Nice to have
- experience in a professional kitchen environment
- producing meals for large groups

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