Catering Manager

Position

Position: Catering Manager
Care home: Eastlands
Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR
Contract type: Full time 40 hours per week, including weekend working
Rate: £14.36
Care home CQC rating: Good

Are you an experienced Chef with a flair for creating delicious, nutritious menus? Join us as our new Catering Manager at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

As Catering Manager, you'll lead our Catering Team in providing healthy and inviting meals for the people we support.

At Eastlands, we value the opinion of our Catering Manager, meaning you'll always have a voice that is heard and room to develop your own ideas.

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

Key qualities and experience

You'll need to be:

• 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
• 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.

Benefits

• 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