Chef

at  Summerset

ABOUT SUMMERSET:

Summerset is the second largest retirement village operator in New Zealand. We’re passionate about providing quality service to our clients and we are growing quickly, with 39+ villages from Whangarei down to Dunedin. We are proud of our dynamic work environment and an equally diverse workforce.
Job Description

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As the Chef you are accountable for the preparation, cooking and service of food to agreed standards as well as for the overall efficient and effective management of the team to ensure a quality service is provided to the residents.
This is a permanent full-time role working including weekends. Your hours of work will be a rostered and rotating shift pattern of 5 days on 2 days off.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring there is full compliance to the approved Food Control Plan
• Complying with all food safety requirements and maintaining high level of hygiene at all times
• Preparing and cooking set meals to residents’ satisfaction in a timely manner
• Building and managing rapport with direct reports with full accountability for all aspects of coaching and performance development

Qualifications

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? TO RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE OFFER:

• Quarterly draws to win one of three $3000 prezzy cards!
• Excellent benefits including supplier discounts, Southern Cross Health Essentials and more
• Birthday leave & sick leave from Day 1
  Due to NZ Immigration requirements we are obliged to consider candidates that already have the right to work in NZ for this role first. Due to this we may not be able to support a visa application for this role. This role may close early due to an increased number of applications - apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment!
  The safety of our residents and staff is important to us. For this reason, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 before commencing work at Summerset