Head Chef

3 weeks ago

Chester, United Kingdom Retirement Villages Group Full time

Our new community in Chester is opening soon and The Wyldewoods Retirement Village is on the lookout for a Head Chef. This is one of our first hires into the F&B team and is an amazing opportunity not only to build your own team but to oversee all culinary operations within the retirement villages dining facilities.

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Hours: 37.5 hours per week and includes some evenings and weekends. We expect our Head Chef to work during all big events for our residents.

 

The role involves managing the kitchen staff, planning, and creating nutritious and appealing menus, ensuring food safety and quality standards and fostering a positive dining experience for the residents.

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Main Duties

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  • ​All dishes need to be loaded onto the online procurement and EPOS platforms including any variations or changes
  • ​Plan, organise and direct the preparation and cooking of food ensuring that the company’s reputation for quality is enhanced with customers and clients at all times offering in restaurant dining, home deliveries, light meals (Bar Menu), savories & pastries, coffee bar and bar services.
  • Taking responsibility for the food production with a hands-on approach
  • Possess an exceptional drive for quality of food prepared for Hospitality events and occasions
  • Managing GP controls, wastage measures to set budget.
  • Responsible for all aspects of food safety, HS and COSHH.
  • To implement and maintain food monitoring procedures to facilitate budgetary control and to monitor all costs involved in the kitchen against agreed budgets.
  • Collective P&L responsibility for food and beverage.
  • Plan home-made health options into menus.
  • To be responsible for all the kitchen stock, taking into account stock rotation, storage conditions and non-wastage routines.
  • Monthly stock takes to be completed last calendar day of the month and uploaded into the prescribed platform.
  • Health and Safety: Ensure the kitchen is clean and tidy - deep cleans once a month. 
  • Report immediately to the General Manager any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by resident, colleague, self or another person.

 

 

Experience & Qualifications

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  • Experience of managing a team would be desirable.
  • ​Professional Cookery Level 3 qualification + or equivalent
  • Passion for great food and excellent service , logistics and delivery
  • Financially astute with regards to food costings and margin management
  • Genuine caring approach to the elderly, together with an ability to think carefully and accurately during hectic periods.
  • Satisfactory enhanced DBS checks required

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Company Incentives

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  • Enhanced annual leave
  • Full sick pay after you have been with the company 3 months
  • Medicare, after 3 months
  • Birthday Leave
  • Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Discounted Gift Cards

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If you are interested please apply below and a member of our team will be in touch. 

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