Sous Chef

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Job Description:

Sous Chef

Richmond Villages Aston, Aston-on -Trent, Derby, DE72 2EA

From £36,693pa with £1,000 welcome bonus

Permanent. Full time, 48 hours a week across 4 or 5 days, to include alternative weekends

Application End Date:- Sunday 28th September 2025

Interview Date:- Thursday 2nd October 2025

With very sociable shifts and only an occasional late evening, this post offers an excellent work-life balance, allowing you to dedicate time to both your professional passion and personal life.

We make health happen

Richmond Village in Aston on Trent is looking to appoint a Sous Chef to join their team. The role of Sous Chef in this luxury retirement village is a unique blend of culinary skill and lifestyle balance. With a roster planned ahead and sociable shifts, you will enjoy a harmonious work-life rhythm while showcasing your talents across a variety of dining settings, from the intimate care home to the bustling restaurant and club house.

Our Sous Chef plays a crucial role in our restaurant's kitchen operations for maintaining kitchen efficiency and food safety, ensuring food quality, and supporting the Head Chef's vision and responsibilities. This role also serves as a stepping stone for aspiring chefs aiming to become Head Chefs.

Passionate about food, you bring experience working in a variety of high-volume, multi-service, and quality kitchens. With expertise in diverse cuisines and cooking techniques, you possess a comprehensive understanding of the catering industry, including Care Homes, and experience in either hotels/ conference centres and outside catering or high-quality pubs and restaurants.

You will be highly aware of and skilled to adapting to customer food allergen and healthy eating requirements and may also have experience in providing modified foods to those in later life, whilst maintaining food quality and presentation to that of a luxury experience.

You'll help us make health happen by:

• Catering to residents across the Village which comprises of a 60 bed care home, catering for residents in our 49 serviced suites, as well as provide excellent food to customers in our 80-seat table d'hote restaurant and 40 seat Cafe? Bar.

• Creating and adapting menus to suit our customers across varied food outlets, whilst reviewing menus on at least a quarterly basis. You will be familiar with food specifications and food costings to accompany such menu planning

• Managing all kitchen related duties such as budgeting, ordering, stock control, HACCP checks, preparation of food and disposal of waste food

• Working with other members of the hospitality team to ensure smooth delivery of service and advising the team on aspects of food handling related to their work

• Maintaining appropriate systems for the kitchen ensuring a smooth and safe service delivery and processes and procedures are followed, as well as equipment is managed and well maintained

• Ensuring all kitchen staff are trained, that kitchen duties are delegated accordingly and supporting with the recruitment and onboarding of staff for the catering department as required

• Assisting during the head chef's absence with tasks such as rotas, returns to work and supervisions of the kitchen team

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

If you're passionate about food and have a minimum of two years' experience in a supervisory or leadership role within a care home or hospitality setting within a professional kitchen, preferably serving customers with special dietary needs, you may be the perfect fit.

A solid understanding of health and safety protocols is essential, along with a minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Catering and a CIEH Level 2 Food Safety Award, or an equivalent qualification or experience.

You should be open to innovation, with a creative approach to cooking and the skill to craft nutritious, balanced, and appealing menus with new food products. A collaborative spirit and a positive communication style is key, as you'll be part of a team dedicated to providing an outstanding dining experience at every meal.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support - all available from one phone number 24/7.

• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

• Free meal with every shift.

• 28 days holiday.

• Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

• Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.

• WageStream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.

• Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.

• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.

• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations:

Richmond Aston Village