Sous Chef - Bank

The Sous Chef role at Avery Healthcare is an exciting opportunity to join a dedicated team in providing high‑quality culinary services to residents. As the Sous Chef, you will work closely with the Head Chef to lead the culinary team, ensuring that nutritionally balanced and visually appealing meals are prepared and served in a safe and efficient manner.

Your focus as Sous Chef 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 will 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, and understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure that all food preparation meets the highest hygiene standards.

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of “creating meaningful lives together.” The company is passionate about creating an exceptional experience for both residents and employees, offering a supportive and inspiring environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.

Shift pattern: 7 am‑3:30 pm, 9 am‑5:30 pm, 11 am‑7:30 pm

In this role you will work alongside the Head Chef to develop menus, manage inventory, oversee kitchen operations, and mentor culinary staff to deliver high‑quality, ingredient‑centric dishes within budget.

• Preparing modified diets that look appealing and are well‑balanced and in accordance with IDDSI guidance.
• Supervising and directing the work of culinary staff, 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.

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

• Hold a relevant catering qualification (City & Guilds 706/1 and 706/2, 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.

• ADBS Disclosure check (cost covered by the employer).
• 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.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.