Executive Development Chef

1 month ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Elior Full time

Join our team

We are looking for our newest, key strategic member to join our catering team in our award-winning brand, Caterplus - one of the UK's leading catering services specialising in the care sector.

As a Executive Development chef, you will be leading a team of chefs and combining understanding of the care sector and knowledge of what's on trend, encouraging creativity and excitement in our kitchens, allowing teams to do what they do best and provide fantastic food experiences for the residents.

What you'll be doing

Your key responsibilities as the Healthcare Executive Development Chef will consist of:

  • To co-ordinate and manage all food development activity. Including supporting designing and presenting winning menus and concepts.
  • To deliver compelling and appropriate food presentations that demonstrate quality, taste and innovation.
  • Coaching and developing Chefs across the business.
  • Visit sites and work with teams, residents, and clients to enhance the offer further.
  • Attend sales tender meetings with a view to surveying the site and to represent the Chef team with prospective clients and consultants involved in the process.
  • To work closely with the wider Development Chef teams and constantly bring innovation and new ideas to the business development team.
  • Design and deliver competitions for the catering teams and residents.
  • To build the Caterplus network through creating relationships with external partners.

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week

What can you bring?

  • Passion for food, ideally with a focus on the care side of the business
  • Technical expertise
  • Creative
  • Strong Leader
  • Ideally worked in the healthcare sector previously

Our way of saying thank you

At Elior, we strive to ensure that our colleagues feel appreciated & rewarded, which is why we offer generous rewards & benefits in exchange for your dedicated efforts.

FREE On-Site Lunches: Enjoy complimentary lunches, saving you time & money while ensuring you stay nourished & energised throughout the day.

Support Your Way of Life:

  • Flexible Working: We offer full-time & part-time roles, with varying shift patterns across the business. Allowing colleagues the flexibility to balance their personal & professional commitments
  • Hybrid Working Model: Collaborate & innovate in the office three days a week while enjoying focused work-from-home days
  • Holiday Allowance: Relax & recharge with 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Additional Holiday Purchase Option: Customise your time off by purchasing extra holidays
  • Family Leave: Prioritise family commitments with flexible leave options
  • Paid Charity Leave: Make a positive impact with two additional paid days for charity work

Big Enough for Growth, Small Enough to Connect:

  • Opportunities for career progression while developing a close-knit community

Supporting You Through Life's Ups & Downs:

  • Access mental health support & comprehensive wellbeing benefits

Keeping Finances & Wellbeing in Mind:

  • Life assurance, workplace pension schemes, discounts, cashback, entertainment, leisure discounts, & a cycle to work scheme

Why it's great to work for us

Elior is a multi-award-winning people business and one of the UK's leading contract caterers, with over 10,000 colleagues operating across a diverse range of sectors including:

  • Workplaces & Office Space
  • Sporting Venues & Stadiums
  • Attraction & Heritage Sites
  • Public Sector & Defence
  • Health, Care & Hospitals
  • Schools, Colleges & Universities

Along with our purpose of enriching lives everywhere, every day, we're committed to an inclusive culture and want our people to feel appreciated, supported, and fulfilled.

That's why 85% of colleagues tell us how proud they are to work for us

Elior Celebrates Equality

Our aim is to celebrate a culture of equality, diversity, and inclusion, continuing to make Elior a great place to work

Every colleague has a distinctive set of values, skills, and aspirations. To ensure that we attract, develop, and retain best people from the widest possible talent pool we're committed to providing an inclusive environment where our colleagues fulfil their potential and have the opportunity to succeed.



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