Catering & Hospitality Specialist

Job summary

Title: Catering & Hospitality Specialist
Hours: 37.5 per week
Salary: upto £48,000 + £5,800 car allowance
Location: Home Based with regular travel across Surrey, Essex, London, Sussex, Devon, Cornwall

Elevate Dining & Hospitality Experiences at Anchor – join us as Catering & Hospitality Specialist!

We’re proud to be England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people. Food is more than a service in our homes – it’s comfort, connection, culture and care. From excellently presented texture-modified dishes to vibrant family dining events, every plate had the power to enhance wellbeing and spark joy.

That’s why we’re looking for a passionate, skilled and caring Catering & Hospitality Specialist to help shape and elevate our approach to food, the dining experience, and fresh, clean and homely-feeling environments across our homes. If you’re a qualified chef with a social care background – someone who loves developing others, thrives on variety and loves to make a real difference – this could be the job for you!

What does it mean to be a Catering & Hospitality Specialist at Anchor?

• Inspire Teams through Workshops, Masterclasses and Coaching
  From hands-on kitchen sessions to regional team meetings, you’ll create an engaging learning culture – building confidence, expertise and national consistency across our catering and housekeeping teams.
• Champion Excellence in IDDSI, Specialist Diets and Nutritional Care
  As our texture-modified and specialist diets expert, you’ll train, guide and mentor colleagues to produce safe, visually appealing, and delicious IDDSI-complaint meals, fortified diets, and dishes tailored to medical, cultural, or lifestyle needs.
• Drive Standards, Safety and Quality across Catering & Hospitality
  You’ll support homes to meet and exceed food hygiene and infection control standards – conducting mock-EHO audits, reviewing due-diligence paperwork, and ensuring every dining experience in safe, dignified and high quality.
• Bring Events and Celebrations to Life
  Whether it’s a summer fete, Christmas lunch or family dining evenings, you’ll help our homes deliver memorable occasions that brings residents, loved ones, and colleagues together.
• Lead Environment & Hospitality Initiatives
  You’ll be the heart of our innovation – supporting national projects, championing best practice, and driving improvements that uplift both mealtime experience and home environments.

What you’ll bring:

• Proven chef management or hospitality leadership experience, ideally within a care or social care setting.
• A recognised catering qualification
• Strong knowledge of IDDSI, MUST, fortified diets, allergens and dietary needs of older people.
• Creative menu development experience and a passion for producing high quality, visually appealing dishes.
• Ability to coach, motivate and support colleagues at all levels
• Confident understanding of food safety, health & safety and housekeeping/infection control basics.

Ready to help us make every meal meaningful? Apply today!