Head Chef

at  Yorkare Homes

OVERVIEW OF JOB DESCRIPTION: HEAD CHEF

• Working alongside the Chef team, to prepare and cook a balanced, nutritious diet within a controlled hygienic environment, adhering to the menu planner or special requests of the residents.
• Planning, preparing and presenting meals to top restaurant quality
• Ensuring the kitchen is run and equipment maintained to an outstanding level, providing the kind of service the residents expect and deserve.
• To control systems of food allocation to minimise wastage, working with the Head Chef to keep within allocated budgets
• To monitor stocks and purchases, thereby allocating the quantities of materials
• To maintain a balanced diet and varied menus.
• To ensure that all kitchen staff clean the kitchen after use, including self and, at the end of each shift, leave the kitchen in a clean and hygienic state
• Ensure that Food Hygiene and Health and Safety standards are met

Person Specification:

• Food Hygiene and Safety qualified
• Good understanding of HACCP
• Experience of a Care Home environment desirable.
• Confidence to engage with residents to create a varied and appetising menu
• Current knowledge in catering for modified diets and allergy awareness.
• Comfortable working with fresh seasonable produce and good knowledge of nutrition
• A warm, approachable manner and an understanding that the residents’ wellbeing is the top priority.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Our new development Haxby Hall Care Home in Haxby, York started in August 2022 and was completed in April 2024, when it opened its doors to welcome in old and new residents alike!
Haxby Hall is located in the heart of Haxby, next door to the local playground, and a short walk from the amenities of the village, such as a Co-op supermarket, Costa Coffee and Haxby Bakehouse.
This luxury 63 bedroomed care home includes facilities such as an in-house bar, restaurant standard dining rooms, a full beauty salon and hairdressing room, a cinema and outdoor terraces on each floor.
The home offers large, beautiful gardens, with a bowling green, allotments, and private seating areas for family, friends, and residents to enjoy.
Yorkare Homes is one of the highest CQC-rated care providers nationally and that same level of care is provided at Haxby Hall.
Yorkare Homes aim for their residents is to enjoy the next chapter of their lives in a safe and luxurious environment, whilst being able to offer a varied and engaging range of social activities. This is achieved by our dedicated care teams, activity co-ordinators and our highly trained chefs.
The Haxby Hall team are looking for a…

40 HOURS PER WEEK – THIS ROLE WILL INCLUDE SOME WEEKEND WORK

The role of Head Chef will be to work with the team and area support to maintain the high standards of the Kitchen.
Using fresh ingredients and produce and working with the residents to ensure they are provided with a tasty, safe, nutritious and varied top quality menu.