Chef

Chef

High Meadow Care Home, Pinner HA5 2HD

Job Summary

You’re a capable, experienced chef with a City & Guilds 705 qualification (or the equivalent). You’re a caring person who knows the vital role mealtimes play in the lives of frail, older people. Ideally, you’ve already got some experience catering for older people in a care home or similar setting. You’re well-organised and a good team player. You’re happy working closely with colleagues to make sure individual dietary needs are met. You want to be a valued member of a friendly, close-knit team – keen to progress in your career as a chef and do your bit to improve the nutrition of older people.

Your role

-  Prepare and cook all food items within as per the resident`s needs and as per the Head Chef`s specifications.

-  Assist in developing dish specifications.

-  Contribute to working within agreed budgets.

-  Assist in the training of staff in preparation of food.

-  Assist with organising food stocks and ordering in a timely fashion.

-  Control wastage.

-  Report poor performance through company procedures.

-  Communicate effectively with all team members.

-  Contribute to daily food administration.

-  Deliver high standards of Hygiene.

-  Assist in developing rotas and records.

-  Implement Health and Safety requirements.

-  Contribute to stock taking as required.

This job description outlines the main duties and responsibilities of the post; it is not intended to be an exhaustive list. From time to time the post holder may be asked to carry out additional reasonable tasks as appropriate to the needs of the business.  As such this role definition will be subject to revision as required

Skills & Experience

- Previous experience preferable.

- Good communication skills both written and verbal

- Able to carry out instructions accurately.

- Flexible and reliable attitude to working arrangements

- Committed to customer care and first-class service provision

- Ability to work alone as well as part of a team

- Adaptable, friendly, polite, courteous and caring

 Qualifications

•  Catering Diploma (City & Guilds/BTEC)

•  Food Hygiene Certificates

You

As a Chef at High Meadows, you can look forward to:

•  Competitive pay – Starting salary from £11.00 per hour dependant on experience.

•  Quality training to develop your skills

•  Bank holiday enhancements

•  Stakeholder pension

•  Free uniform

About High Meadows Care Home

Our new, purpose-built care home High Meadows Pinner, situated in High Meadow Close Pinner Middlesex. The 45-bed home will be light, contemporary and luxurious, offering the best in nursing, residential, and respite care. As well as a range of care services, our new care home, has its own hair salon, coffee shop and cinema room.

High Meadows Pinner is committed to ensuring that it employs people with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and will assess every applicant fairly, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us, it will depend on the nature of the role and background of any offence.