Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe in providing exceptional care and enriching experiences for their residents. As a Sous Chef, you will be part of a friendly, award-winning team that is dedicated to delivering high-quality culinary services.
Main duties of the job As a Sous Chef, your focus will be to support the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget. Other responsibilities include:
Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.
Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.
Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Avery Food safety management system.
About you To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
Hold a relevant catering qualification City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.
Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Please note this role will require:
ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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Main duties of the job As a Sous Chef, your focus will be to support the head chef in leading a culinary team that provides a nutritionally balanced, comprehensive, and high-quality culinary service, which contributes to the overall well-being of the residents and is achieved within budget. Other responsibilities include:
Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well-balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, as directed by the Head Chef, providing instruction and demonstration to unqualified staff on simple food preparation activities.
Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation undertaken in the kitchen meets the highest hygiene standards.
Supporting all culinary team members in fully understanding the Avery Food safety management system.
About you To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
Hold a relevant catering qualification City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or NVQ or equivalent.
Have a minimum of 1 year of catering experience.
Demonstrate compassion and commitment to the delivery of high-quality culinary services to residents.
Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Please note this role will require:
ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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