Head Chef

Job summary

Twyford House Care Home is a purpose-built 70-bed care facility located in the charming town of Alsager, near Stoke-on-Trent. Designed to offer the very best in comfort, safety, and care, Twyford House supports residents with a wide range of care needs, including residential, nursing and residential dementia care. The home proudly embodies the Lovett Care commitment to excellence, ensuring a warm, welcoming environment where residents feel valued and supported. We utilise the latest care technologies and provide a meaningful programme of daily activities and gentle exercise to promote wellbeing and enhance quality of life. Each member of our team is carefully chosen for their compassion and dedication and receives comprehensive induction and ongoing training through our in-house trainers.

We are seeking to appoint a kind, motivated and experienced Head Chef to join our team. To provide a high-quality food service to support residents, responsive to their needs, and contribute to their overall positive experience of living in the Home. We have a 40-hour contract available with a salary starting at £32,240 per annum! Shift times are 0730-1730, with alternate weekend working.

Role Responsibilities:

Ensure that menus are presented and displayed in a way that residents can understand them and make daily choices on what they wish to eat during the day.
Ensure that meals are provided in sufficient quantities, taking into account the diets to meet medical, ethnic and personal needs and preferences.
Ensure all food is nutritionally balanced, attractively presented for service in a timely manner and in the correct sequence.
Understand, follow and adhere to the company HACCP, ensuring full compliance.
Ensure that the kitchen and serving areas are clean and hygienic, and maintain a high standard of infection control and adhere to the Food Standards Act 1999, ensuring cleaning rotas are adhered to, and records are kept.
Manage, allocate duties and supervise the kitchen team, ensuring a quality delivery of services.
Inspire and motivate the team produce food to the expected high standards.
Take part in the recruitment of the kitchen staff with the Home Manager.

Skills and experience required:

To be able to work independently and organise other members of the kitchen team is essential.
Experience of working during busy meal periods, including breakfast and evening meal service, is essential.
Experience of working in a care home or similar is essential.
Knowledge of specialised diets and service delivery is essential.
The ability to contribute to and develop the four-week menu is essential.
The ability to complete records demonstrating adherence to legal requirements is essential.

The Benefits

Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles

Bank holiday and overtime enhancements?
5.6 weeks of annual leave per annum
Paid DBS
Uniform provided
Paid training
Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only – Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
Excellent induction programme for new starters
A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
A competitive rate of pay
Wellbeing programmes
Ongoing career development
Pension scheme
Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)

About Lovett Care

At Lovett, we believe our elders deserve more. Not out of duty or pity, but because they've earned it, and because the good life doesn't stop at 80, 90, or 100. We believe in more…More dignity in everyday care. More respect in every interaction. More friendship, joy, and belonging. More moments that matter. Our homes aren't waiting rooms. They're communities where people thrive, where days are full of possibility, voices are heard, and the wonder of people shines through in every conversation, every shared meal, every burst of laughter down the hall. When you choose Lovett, you're choosing a place that sees your loved one as we see our own elders: as people who still have everything to give, and everything to gain. We are Lovett. We believe more in our elders.

This position is subject to a DBS check