Chef​/Cook

JOB TITLE
: Care Home Cook/Chef

Location:
Cedars Care Home - Methley LS26 9BH

This role offers great work life balance with alternative weekend off.

Shift pattern: 7.30am - 5pm - 4 Days out of 7

RESPONSIBLE TO
: Group Catering Manager (see attached organisational chart)

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Care Home Chef to oversee the preparation and delivery of nutritious, high-quality meals for residents. The ideal candidate will possess strong culinary skills, leadership qualities, and a commitment to food safety standards. This role offers an opportunity to contribute positively to residents’ wellbeing through delicious and well-balanced meals, ensuring a warm and welcoming dining environment within our care home setting.

If you have experience with dietary needs this would be a big advantage. You must be personable and a good communicator as a crucial part of the role will involve your liaison with the residents. You will need to show drive, ambition and an ability to motivate and nurture talent within the team. Ideally, you will come from a similar role, or a role working within a hotel or restaurant.

As one of Leeds most respected providers of supported living and social care for older people, Westward Cares Residential Homes are built and run to a very high standard and will provide the opportunity for you to grow and develop.

The ethos of Westward Care is to provide excellent individualised care and support from an experienced happy team. If you believe in older people being in control of their lives and maintaining their independence, then we would like to hear from you.

This is an incredibly rewarding position with high levels of job satisfaction.

OVERALL OBJECTIVES:

• To consistently deliver appetising high quality food and beverages, using fresh locally sourced ingredients wherever possible and within agreed budget.
• To assist in the management of food and beverage provision whilst building excellent relationships with the Head Chef, colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• To contribute to the professional standard of the dining facilities by assisting in the management of the catering and waiting staff, the quality of the service, the appearance and cleanliness of the surroundings.
• To contribute to an ambience within the setting that is appropriate to the customer profile and in line with the vision and values of Westward Care Ltd.
• To contribute to the success of events and marketing activities by providing food and beverages that demonstrate the high standard of catering available at Westward Care.

MAIN DUTIES:

Delivering the Vision

• To contribute to the management of the food and beverage provision at Westward care to deliver a high quality, appropriate, restaurant standard service to customers within approved budgets.
• To lead by example to ensure that all customers and employees are treated with equality, dignity and respect and every individual feels they can challenge discrimination and harassment in employment practice and service provision.
• To contribute to an ethos of ‘right first time and on time’ for food and beverage provision and service.

Quality Management

• To demonstrate a sense of pride for the job and the organisation.
• To ensure a professional appearance of all catering staff and self in accordance with uniform standards.
• To understand the dietary requirements of all customers and visitors and to have systems and procedures in place to ensure this information is up to date and correct.
• To proactively manage relationships with suppliers to ensure good value, reliability and consistent quality.
• To ensure compliance with all relevant organisational, legal and financial procedures and policies in order to protect customers and employees and minimise risk and…