Head Chef

Job summary

About The Role
Head Chef 
Location: Elizabeth House Residential Home - Bournemouth BH12 4PX
Pay rate:  £15.00 per hour
Hours: 40 per week (Every other weekend off )
Shift:  07.30 to 17.30 
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Head Chef to join the team at ElizabethHouse, our specialist residential and dementia care home, which overlooks the picturesque Canford Heath Nature Reserve in Poole, Dorset.

This is an incredibly rewarding role where you can take pride in ensuring nutritious and enjoyable meals are available to our residents & visiting friends & family.
Join Our Team:
We are keen to meet a passionate, qualified Senior Chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance working daytime hours over four days per week and every other weekend off 
You will be organised with the ability to meet deadlines. You will have experience working in a kitchen producing attractive and high-quality nutritious meals. 
We’re looking for someone with a Certificate in NVQ Level 2 Food Production/ Hygiene (maybe looking to undertake Level 3) You will need an understanding of health and safety and other current relevant legislation.
Confidence to take the lead as well as be a team player.
If this sounds like you then we would love for you to join the team!
What you will be doing:

• Creating, preparing, and cooking meals for our residents
• Ensuring preparation and presentation is always to a high standard
• Supervising and supporting our kitchen staff
• Planning meals - consulting with residents & care staff to ensure that individual dietary needs and preferences are catered for
• Ensuring all health & safety and other relevant legislation is adhered to
• Responsible for the management of the catering budget for the home

 
As a not-for-profit charity within Social Care, we focus on the reward and recognition of all our people, our benefits include:

• Blue Light Shopping Discount Card
• Reward and Recognition Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Industry Based Qualifications

Please note: We are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship or Visa Switch.

About The Company
PEOPLE | PASSION | PURPOSE

01202 712448 .