Catering Manager

Position

Catering Manager

Care home

Hamilton Springs

Location

Westfield Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JY

Contract type

40 hours per week

Rate

£14.80 per hour

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as a Catering Manager at Hamilton Springs care home in Pontefract.

About the role

Our Catering Managers cook delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements. No two days will ever be the same, but your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Managing the day to day running of the kitchen
• Preparing, cooking and serving food
• Understanding people's needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
• Ensuring your Catering Team complies with food hygiene standards
• Completing relevant checks and maintaining records
• Controlling stock and purchases within an allocated budget
• Leading and managing your Catering Team members, ensuring they receive induction, training and support as required

If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

What we are looking for

You're a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements, creative in menu development and food preparation, an excellent team player, able to coordinate, support and motivate a team, experienced in managing a catering budget, adaptable and flexible, and someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

We like our Catering Managers to have, or be working towards, a Level 3 Food Hygiene qualification. As this is a management position, we expect you'll have previous experience in a similar position and environment, ideally in leading a catering or kitchen team.

What we offer

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Access to wages before payday
• Retail and lifestyle reward discounts
• Free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We're unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

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