Second Chef

The words ‘chef’ and ‘social life’ don’t often go together. Well, not this time. With this job you will not work evenings, you will only work 5 days a week, and you will not be under heavy pressure and stress. Join **Gateway Recovery Centre, Bennett's Lane Widnes WA8 0GT **where you will be preparing and cooking lunch and dinner for staff and service users. You will also provide guidance and training to your peers. It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. Just imaginehome in time for dinner every night. Two days off a week. And not stressed to the hilt. **Your responsibilities**: - Participating in food purchasing through established procedures with an emphasis on cost and quality control - Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures - Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures - Preparing and cooking meals to a consistently high standard - Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets **To be successful in this role, you'll need**: - GCSE or equivalent English - City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking - Basic Food Hygiene (Intermediate desirable) - Supervising qualification or working towards - Experience preparing and producing quality food to a high standard - Knowledge of menu planning and costing - Some supervising experience **What you will get** - The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off - Free meals and parking - Wellbeing support and activities - Career development and training - Pension contribution - Life Assurance